IP Library Granted Patent US 1,079,953
Granted Patent S1
US 1,079,953 · App. 29/850,974 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Incision nerve protector

Inventor: Kathleen Stewart Ponitz (Holland, MI)
Assignee: The Stewart-Ponitz Group, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,079,953
App. No.
29/850,974
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an incision nerve protector as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 062330 FRAME: 0474. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: PONITZ, KATHLEEN STEWART
To: THE STEWART-PONITZ GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 063423/0815 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2023
From: STEWART PONITZ, KATHLEEN
To: STEWART-PONITZ GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 062330/0474 →
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