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Patent
   D767353
Priority
May 22 2007
Filed
May 04 2015
Issued
Sep 27 2016
Expiry
Sep 27 2030
Inventors
Witt, Davi…
Assg.orig
Ethicon En…
Assg.curr
Cilag GmbH…
Entity
unknown
Referenced by
2
References
53
Maint.:
n/a
The ornamental design for a torque wrench for ultrasonic instrument, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a torque wrench for ultrasonic instrument;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front end plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a back end plan view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are included for the purpose of illustrating structural environment and form no part of the claimed design.
INVENTORS:

Witt, David A., Miller, Matthew C., Weed, III, John A., Dannaher, William D., Young, Joseph E., Eichmann, Stephen E.

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ASSIGNMENT RECORDS    Assignment records on the USPTO
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May 04 2015Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC(assignment on the face of the patent)
May 07 2015DANNAHER, WILLIAM D Ethicon Endo-Surgery, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0357360115 pdf
May 11 2015MILLER, MATTHEW C Ethicon Endo-Surgery, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0357360115 pdf
May 12 2015WITT, DAVID A Ethicon Endo-Surgery, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0357360115 pdf
May 28 2015YOUNG, JOSEPH E Ethicon Endo-Surgery, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0357360115 pdf
May 28 2015EICHMANN, STEPHEN E Ethicon Endo-Surgery, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0357360115 pdf
May 28 2015WEED, JOHN A , IIIEthicon Endo-Surgery, IncASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0357360115 pdf
Nov 06 2015Ethicon Endo-Surgery, IncEthicon Endo-Surgery, LLCASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0371610710 pdf
Dec 30 2016Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLCEthicon LLCCHANGE OF NAME SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0418210186 pdf
Apr 05 2021Ethicon LLCCilag GmbH InternationalASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0566010339 pdf
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