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US 1,094,093 · App. 29/827,333 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Valve

Inventors: Michael Sowieja (Richfield, WI); Thomas Mitchell (Chicago, IL); Anders Olof Rostlund (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: GEHL FOODS, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,094,093
App. No.
29/827,333
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a valve as shown and described.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2025
From: MITCHELL, THOMAS; ROSTLUND, ANDERS OLOF; SOWIEJA, MICHAEL
To: GEHL FOODS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071134/0860 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GEHL FOODS, INC.
To: GEHL FOODS, LLC
Reel/Frame 071310/0299 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2024
From: ANKURA TRUST COMPANY, LLC
To: GEHL FOODS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068176/0045 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2024
From: GEHL FOODS, LLC
To: BLUE OWL CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067873/0388 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2022
From: GEHL FOODS, LLC
To: ANKURA TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 060061/0886 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 29666495 · Oct 12, 2018
Continuation 29553384 · Feb 1, 2016
Division 29501023 · Aug 29, 2014
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