Is LION 10.7.4 from App Store compatible with mid-2012 Macbook Pro 15"?

I just downloaded lion 10.7.4 from the app store, copied it to a pen drive in the right way (which makes it bootable & tested that and it boots on a 2008 MBP). Connected that pen drive to my 2012 MBP, booted by pressing the alt key, and when i selected the pen drive with the 10.7.4 installation, I get a no entry sign on the screen - basically meaning I cannot install lion.
Note that I have completely formatted my HD, thus losing the lion recovery partition, so thats why I am having to install from the pen drive.

You can install lion on that Mac you just have to start it and be sure to connect to a good internet connection. I suggest you are plugged in to a router directly. Then it should prompt you and when you sign in it will see that you purchased Lion and will verify your mac then it will guide you through the rest of the install. try doing that before you restoe it , you may waste alot of time considering you formatted. Otherwise if it is a mid-2012 it absolutely is compatible and you can call Applecare and they will guide you through it with ease.
The firmware on your mac is what will pull up the promt for connecting to the internet and other such utilities.
Good luck and enjoy !

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    Report Version:  10
    Sleep/Wake UUID: 6D877026-0BCA-4B55-A94D-3500A4613571
    Interval Since Last Report:     
    359938 sec
    Crashes Since Last Report:      
    7
    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   7
    Anonymous UUID:                 
    D812A6DF-ACF5-5CAC-5F15-649F884F7BE4
    Crashed Thread:  0
    Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
    Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
    Application Specific Information:
    dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
    Dyld Error Message:
      Symbol not found: _OBJC_CLASS_$_CKUpToDate
      Referenced from: /Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store
      Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/CommerceKit
    in /Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store

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