Instrument

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an instrument.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the instrument shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the instrument shown in FIG. 1.

The bottom, top, and rear views are not shown and form no part of the claimed design.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the instrument that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an instrument, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D900330
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 2, 2019
Date of Patent: Oct 27, 2020
Assignee: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. (Carlsbad, CA)
Inventors: Jon Faiz Kayyem (Boulder, CO), Matthew Sean Thomas (McKinney, TX), Mathieu Dominic Turpault (Pennington, NJ), Christopher John Murray (Philadelphia, PA)
Primary Examiner: Anhdao Doan
Application Number: 29/675,465
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Specimen Handling, Preparation Or Testing (62) (D24/216)