Patent
   D491272
Priority
Dec 13 2002
Filed
Dec 13 2002
Issued
Jun 08 2004
Expiry
Jun 08 2018
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for an autoprep instrument, as shown.

FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of an autoprep instrument embodying our design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the autoprep instrument;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the autoprep instrument;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the autoprep instrument;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation of the autoprep instrument;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation of the autoprep instrument; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation of the autoprep instrument.

Kagan, Michael, Prohaska, Jerry, Barry, Robert, Alden, Tor

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