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Ear Warmer Having an External Frame

US D545,001 Term ended
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Term ended Jun 19, 2021 · High confidence

Filed Mar 12, 2004 as application 29/201,175 · Granted Jun 19, 2007
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 22, 2004
Reel 15165, frame 658
Le Gette, Brian E.; Reeb, David L.; Tipp, Alan S.; Werner, Justin Saul180S, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 28, 2004
Reel 15190, frame 256
180S, Inc.Witoco Venture CorporationSecurity Interest
Nov 5, 2004
Reel 15341, frame 897
180S, Inc.; Witoco Venture Corproation; 180S, LLCTranscap Trade Finance LLCLicense
Apr 19, 2005
Reel 15908, frame 693
Witoco Venture Corporation180S, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 19, 2005
Reel 15908, frame 700
Transcap Trade Finance LLC180S, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2005
Reel 16050, frame 289
180S, Inc.Patriarch Partners Agency Services, LLCNotice of Patent Collateral Security Interest
Nov 21, 2023
Reel 65657, frame 332
180S, LLC; 180S, Inc.180S USA LLC; 180S IP Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 21, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
180S, Inc.; 180S, LLC180S USA LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 21, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
180S, Inc.; 180S, LLC180S IP Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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