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Medical Waste Collection Unit

US D1,019,941 In force
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Term ends Mar 26, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Jun 17, 2022 as application 29/864,762 · Granted Mar 26, 2024
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 28, 2022
Reel 60335, frame 395
Hammond, Michael; Wallace, RachelDelve, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2022
Reel 60335, frame 461
Delve, Inc.Stryker CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2022
Reel 60447, frame 555
Needler, Noah; Zollinger, MichaelStryker CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2024
Reel 69737, frame 184
Stryker CorporationStryker CorporationChange of Address

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