IP Library Granted Patent US 1,106,454
Granted Patent S1
US 1,106,454 · App. 29/877,969 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Dental material applicator with partitioned packaging

Inventors: Michael J. Vostal (Minneapolis, MN); Michael Knee (Peissenberg, DE); Marc Peuker (Schondorf am Ammersee, DE); Andreas Boehm (Reichling, DE); Martin Preininger (Herrsching, DE); Henry C. Gydesen (Oakdale, MN); Yizhong Wang (Woodbury, MN)
Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
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Patent No.
US 1,106,454
App. No.
29/877,969
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a dental material applicator with partitioned packaging as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
To: SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 066438/0323 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2023
From: VOSTAL, MICHAEL J.; KNEE, MICHAEL; PEUKER, MARC; BOEHM, ANDREAS; PREININGER, MARTIN; GYDESEN, HENRY C.; WANG, YIZHONG
To: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 064195/0564 →
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