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US 1,106,444 · App. 29/954,593 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Ocular injector

Inventors: Evan Williams (Boston, MA); Michael W. Metz (Providence, RI)
Assignee: EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,106,444
App. No.
29/954,593
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an ocular injector as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2025
From: WILLIAMS, EVAN HUNTER
To: XIMEDICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 073594/0178 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2025
From: XIMEDICA, LLC
To: EYEPOINT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 073594/0199 →
Continuity (1)
Division 29823357 · Jan 17, 2022
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