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US D631,478 Term ended
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Term ended Jan 25, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jan 11, 2010 as application 29/353,568 · Granted Jan 25, 2011
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Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 25, 2025High confidence

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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
Apr 29, 2010
Reel 24311, frame 571
McQueen, Alexander M.; Acosta, Jorge L.Datalogic Scanning, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 20, 2012
Reel 28083, frame 783
Datalogic Scanning, Inc.Datalogic ADC, Inc.Change of Name

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