Bone plate

- Merete Medical GmbH
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a bone plate;

FIG. 2 is a front left perspective view of the bone plate;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the bone plate;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the bone plate shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the bone plate shown in FIG. 4; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the bone plate.

Claims

The ornamental design for a bone plate, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D740943
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 1, 2014
Date of Patent: Oct 13, 2015
Assignee: Merete Medical GmbH (Berlin)
Inventors: Steven Neufeld (Washington, DC), Albert Austin (Glen Burnie, MD), Emmanuel Anapliotis (Berlin), Curt Kranz (Berlin)
Primary Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan
Assistant Examiner: Charles Hanson
Application Number: 29/498,345
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Prosthesis Or Implant (D24/155)