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Term ends Nov 16, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Aug 8, 2019 as application 29/701,126 · Granted Nov 16, 2021
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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
Nov 18, 2019
Reel 51034, frame 210
Carter, Adam; McNulty, Caitlin; Mercer, Daniel; Lee, Ian; Terrell, Robert; McLemore, John D.Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
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Reel 70693, frame 514
Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLCPremier Specialty Brands, LLCMerger

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