Set of educational building blocks to model nucleic acid structures

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of each building block in the set of educational building blocks according to the present invention, wherein the set includes a building block modeling a nucleotide with a base of adenine, a building block modeling a nucleotide with a base of guanine, a building block modeling a nucleotide with a base of thymine, and a building block modeling a nucleotide with a base of cytosine;

FIG. 2 shows the set of building blocks of FIG. 1, with each of the building blocks depicted in a left a side view;

FIG. 3 shows the set of building blocks of FIG. 1, with each of the building blocks depicted in a right side view;

FIG. 4 shows the set of building blocks of FIG. 1, with each of the building blocks depicted in a bottom view;

FIG. 5 shows the set of building blocks of FIG. 1, with each of the building blocks depicted in a top view; and,

FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the set of building blocks as assembled to model a DNA structure.

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Claims

The ornamental design for a set of educational building blocks to model nucleic acid structures, as shown and described.

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Other references
  • “Teacher Guide for Lego DNA set”, published 2004, pp. 1-45, 47 pages.
  • Advertisement for Lego Life Science education sets, including the DNA set, published 2004, 2 pages.
Patent History
Patent number: D745934
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 12, 2014
Date of Patent: Dec 22, 2015
Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Inventors: Bethany Lemanski Casarez (Berkeley, CA), John Kim Vandiver (Lexington, MA), Kathleen M. Vandiver (Lexington, MA)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia M Chin
Application Number: 29/508,917
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