ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. D1,067,428, issued on March 18, was assigned to Stericycle Inc. (Bannockburn, Ill.).
"Sharps container" was invented by Jeff Bentzler (Playa del Rey, Calif.), Eric Olson (Los Angeles), Stuart Karten (Los Olivos, Calif.), Tim Stark (Wind Lake, Wis.), Mitch Miller (Beloit, Wis.), Ryan Boe (Milton, Wis.), Brian Foos (Carol Stream, Ill.), Jean-Pierre Pepin (Gatinaeu, Canada), Robert James Anderson (Munster, Ind.), Gabriela Perez-Hobrecker (Rochester, Minn.) and Claudia Alcala-Bressler (Chicago).
The patent was filed on Aug. 17, 2022, under Application No. D/865,877.
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