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US 1,078,042 · App. 29/821,389 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Optical device with an alignment tab

Inventors: Max Hunter Knecht (Brooklyn, NY); Stephen Anton (Union, NJ); Sean James Coyle (Pennington, NJ); Nathan Wald (Summit, NJ); Eleanor F. Small (Philadelphia, PA); Nicole Kaminsky (Yardley, PA)
Assignee: Kenvue Brands LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,078,042
App. No.
29/821,389
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an optical device with an alignment tab as shown and described.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2024
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: KENVUE BRANDS LLC
Reel/Frame 069267/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 062438/0372 →
CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 062438/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 061107/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: ANTON, STEPHEN; COYLE, SEAN JAMES; SMALL, ELEANOR F.; KAMINSKY, NICOLE
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 061107/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: ETHICON, INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 061107/0564 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: KNECHT, MAX HUNTER
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 061107/0418 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: WALD, NATHAN
To: ETHICON, INC.
Reel/Frame 061107/0510 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 17364981 · Jul 1, 2021
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