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US 1,070,027 · App. 29/812,671 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Drain grate

Inventors: Karam Ghazalah (Milwaukee, WI); Christopher J. Say (Milwaukee, WI)
Assignee: Zurn Water, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,070,027
App. No.
29/812,671
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a drain grate as shown.

Assignments (5)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF AGENCY OF REEL/FRAME 066293/0879 Recorded Feb 20, 2026
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS PRIOR AGENT (F/K/A CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH)
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 074947/0479 →
CONVERSION Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 066336/0603 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: ZURN WATER, LLC
Reel/Frame 066337/0918 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 18, 2023
From: ZURN WATER, LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066293/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2023
From: GHAZALAH, KARAM; SAY, CHRISTOPHER J.
To: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 062963/0290 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 17239466 · Apr 23, 2021
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