Sample preparation module

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a sample preparation module according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example use thereof.

Some of the broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 7, and 8 illustrate portions of the diagnostic testing module that form no part of the claimed design. The remaining broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 7, and 8, as well as the broken lines in the remaining figures illustrate environmental structure that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a sample preparation module, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Livingston; Dwight (Fallston, MD), VanSickler; Michael T. (Columbia, MD), Murray; Christopher John (Philadelphia, PA), Coleman; John Depler (Philadelphia, PA), Turpault; Mathieu Dominic (Philadelphia, PA)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Becton, Dickinson and Company Franklin Lakes NJ US
Assignee:	Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
Appl. No.:	D/703,740
Filed:	August 29, 2019

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	29594016	Feb 15, 2017	D870910

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Current U.S. Class:	D10/81; D24/216
Current International Class:	1004
Field of Search:	;D10/47,81 ;D13/158-160 ;D14/420-425 ;D15/122,127,135 ;D18/14,19,36-39,50,53,54,54.1,55,81 ;D24/107,181,185,186,216,219,231-234

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Other References

Livingston, Dwight, "Sample Preparation Module, Diagnostic Testing Module, and Machine Assembly," U.S. Appl. No. 29/703,722, filed Aug. 29, 2019. cited by applicant . Livingston, Dwight, "Sample Preparation Module, Diagnostic Testing Module, and Machine Assembly," U.S. Appl. No. 29/703,739, filed Aug. 29, 2019. cited by applicant . Livingston, Dwight, "Sample Preparation Module, Diagnostic Testing Module, and Machine Assembly," U.S. Appl. No. 29/703,752, filed Aug. 29, 2019. cited by applicant . Figures publicly disclosed at a seminar in Sweden some time after Apr. 22, 2016 and prior to the filing of the present application. cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Stout; Michael C
Assistant Examiner: Butac; Fritzgerald L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP

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