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US D659,139 Term ended
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Term ended May 8, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Zagg Inc.
Filed Nov 12, 2010 as application 29/379,058 · Granted May 8, 2012
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Application 12/832,845Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2011/043450PCT application
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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
Feb 8, 2011
Reel 25772, frame 284
Gengler, DavidZagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 1, 2011
Reel 26063, frame 418
Gengler, DavidZagg Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 13, 2011
Reel 26431, frame 177
Zagg IncorporatedZagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 23, 2011
Reel 26498, frame 649
U.S. Bank National AssociationZagg IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest and Liens
Jun 23, 2011
Reel 26499, frame 67
Zagg Incorporated; Reminderband, Inc.; Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.; Zagg Retail, Inc.Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest - Patents
Dec 14, 2012
Reel 29474, frame 82
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCReminderband, Inc.; Zagg, Inc.; Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.; Ifrogz Inc.; Zagg Retail, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCReminderband, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCZagg, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCZagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCIfrogz Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCZagg Retail, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 18, 2013
Reel 29659, frame 575
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Feb 26, 2016
Reel 37938, frame 243
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationZagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 7, 2016
Reel 38014, frame 392
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Keybank National AssociationIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Nov 6, 2020
Reel 54341, frame 261
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Zagg Inc.Merger
Nov 6, 2020
Reel 54445, frame 356
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Zagg Inc.Certificate of Ownership and Merger (DE Corporation)
Jul 23, 2021
Reel 56972, frame 857
Zagg Inc.; Mophie Inc.; HALO2CLOUD, LLCBlue Torch Finance, LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 4, 2022
Reel 61085, frame 585
Blue Torch Finance, LLCZagg Inc.; Mophie Inc.; HALO2CLOUD, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Torch Finance, LLCZagg Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Torch Finance, LLCMophie Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Torch Finance, LLCHALO2CLOUD, LLCRelease of Security Interest

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