IP Library Granted Patent US 1,075,498
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US 1,075,498 · App. 29/813,060 · Granted May 20, 2025

End cap for a curtain hanging system

Inventors: Arlen Olsen (Clifton Park, NY); Joel Price (Germantown, MD)
Assignee: BANNACK MEDICAL LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,075,498
App. No.
29/813,060
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an end cap for a curtain hanging system, as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2021
From: OLSEN, ARLEN; PRICE, JOEL
To: BANNACK MEDICAL LLC
Reel/Frame 057919/0016 →
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