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US 1,099,306 · App. 29/872,633 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Fluid vial

Inventors: David Buse (San Diego, CA); Byron J. Knight (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,099,306
App. No.
29/872,633
Filed
Mar 15, 2023
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
S1
Art Unit
2924
USPC
D24/121
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a fluid vial as shown and described.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 065286/0407 Recorded Apr 24, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: HOLOGIC, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.
Reel/Frame 075457/0767 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2026
From: BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.; CYTYC CORPORATION; SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; GYNESONICS, INC.; BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; HEALTH BEACONS, INC.; HOLOGIC, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075462/0440 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2023
From: HOLOGIC, INC.; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065286/0407 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2023
From: BUSE, DAVID; KNIGHT, BYRON J
To: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 063449/0879 →
Continuity (1)
Division 29729288 · Mar 25, 2020
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