IP Library Granted Patent US 1,065,523
Granted Patent S1
US 1,065,523 · App. 29/904,380 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Valve

Inventors: Lisa Bauer (Buffalo Grove, IL); Luke Stevens (Wildwood, IL); Michael Turturro (Arlington Heights, IL); Paulina Lowkis (Barrington, IL); Morgan Uridil (Evanston, IL); Douglas Komandt (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
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Patent No.
US 1,065,523
App. No.
29/904,380
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a valve, as shown and described.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 28, 2026
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075643/0462 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 12, 2026
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP F/K/A/ MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 074331/0430 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2025
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071672/0100 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2024
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066971/0808 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: BAUER, LISA; STEVENS, LUKE; TURTURRO, MICHAEL; LOWKIS, PAULINA; URIDIL, MORGAN; KOMANDT, DOUGLAS
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 065147/0213 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Reel/Frame 065221/0407 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 29858634 · Nov 2, 2022
Division 29777593 · Apr 7, 2021
Division 29696798 · Jul 1, 2019
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