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US 1,125,549 · App. 29/895,575 · Granted May 5, 2026

Surgical staple

Inventors: Dinesh Koka (Winter Park, FL); Samuel Nader (Arlington Heights, IL); Ryan Niver (Glenview, IL); Natan Pheil (Highland Park, IL); Wesley Reed (Libertyville, IL)
Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
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Patent No.
US 1,125,549
App. No.
29/895,575
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a surgical staple, as shown and described.

Assignments (4)
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 →
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