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App. No. 17/655,846
· Confirmation No. 4235
PLIANT MEMBERS FOR RECEIVING AND AIDING IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF VASCULAR PROSTHESES
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner
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Inventors
Wayne Mower
Bountiful, UT
Michael Adams
Bluffdale, UT
Zeke Eller
Plano, TX
John Hall
North Salt Lake, UT
Christopher Cindrich
Highland, UT
Attorneys & Agents of Record
Classification
USPC
606/108
A61F2/966
A61F2/9517
A61B17/00
A61B2017/00407
A61F2/82
A61F2002/9665
A61M25/0009
A61M25/0023
A61M25/0026
A61M2025/0034
A61M2025/0039
A61M2205/0216
Prosecution
- Examiner
- LONG, SARAH A
- Art Unit
- 3771
- Customer No.
- 69821
- Docket No.
- P297616.US.04 (79710)
- Confirmation No.
- 4235
Publication
- Pub. No.
- US20220211527A1
- Pub. Date
- 2022-07-07
Parent
is a Continuation of
→
App. 17/068,521
· US 12,274,634
Filed 2020-10-12
· Patented Case
Parent
is a Continuation of
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App. 15/718,419
· US 10,799,378
Filed 2017-09-28
· Patented Case
Parent
Claims priority from a provisional application
→
App. 62/401,628
Filed 2016-09-29
· Provisional Application Expired
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THIRD INVENTOR'S NAME ON THE COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 059340 FRAME: 0433. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT.
Recorded 2023-12-06
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded 2023-08-15
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded 2022-03-22
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Quick Facts
- App. No.
- 17/655,846
- Filed
- 2022-03-22
- Pub. No.
- US20220211527A1
- Examiner
- LONG, SARAH A
- Art Unit
- 3771
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