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US 1,103,806 · App. 29/755,687 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Scanner frame

Inventors: Benjamin Spay (Quebec, CA); Martin Dupuis (Quebec, CA); Luis Cooper (Quebec, CA); Veronique Simard (Quebec, CA)
Assignee: Evident Canada, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,103,806
App. No.
29/755,687
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a scanner frame, as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 20, 2023
From: OLYMPUS NDT CANADA INC.
To: EVIDENT CANADA, INC.
Reel/Frame 063035/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2020
From: SPAY, BENJAMIN; DUPUIS, MARTIN; COOPER, LUIS; SIMARD, VERONIQUE
To: OLYMPUS NDT CANADA INC.
Reel/Frame 054136/0189 →
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