Electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette

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Description

The present application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/862,333 filed Aug. 24, 2010 and to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/862,460 filed Aug. 24, 2010 and to U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/388,827 filed Apr. 1, 2011, the entire contents of which applications are incorporated by reference herein.

FIG. 1 is a front, top and side perspective view of an electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a back, top and side perspective view of the electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a back view of the electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette of FIG. 1.

Claims

The ornamental design for an electrophoresis wedge-well retainer cassette, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D795449
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 8, 2014
Date of Patent: Aug 22, 2017
Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Carlsbad, CA)
Inventors: Jennifer Miller (Oceanside, CA), Paul Predki (Carlsbad, CA), Timothy Updyke (Temecula, CA), Itay Sela (Israel), Shimon Spector (Matan)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/511,203
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Electrophoresis (D24/233)