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US 1,148,141 · App. 29/836,367 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Artificial hand

Inventors: David Neil Lovegrove (Huntsbury, NZ); Ross Hughan Dawson (Huntsbury, NZ); Matthew Sultan Yan (Wigram, NZ); Michael James Van Der Werff (Cashmere, NZ); Darryl John Best (Diamond Harbour, NZ); James Anthony Skeggs (St Albans, NZ); Cameron Rhys Gwyn Richards (Hillsborough, NZ); Aidan Robert Burgess (Burwood, NZ)
Assignee: Taska Prosthetics Limited
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Patent No.
US 1,148,141
App. No.
29/836,367
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an artificial hand as shown and described.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Dec 5, 2025
From: 5TH ELEMENT LIMITED
To: TASKA PROSTHETICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074011/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: LOVEGROVE, DAVID NEIL; DAWSON, ROSS HUGHAN; YAN, MATTHEW SULTAN; VAN DER WERFF, MICHAEL JAMES; BEST, DARRYL JOHN; SKEGGS, JAMES ANTHONY; RICHARDS, CAMERON RHYS GWYN; BURGESS, AIDAN ROBERT
To: TASKA PROSTHETICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061243/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: TASKA PROSTHETICS LIMITED
To: 5TH ELEMENT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061243/0599 →
Priority Claims (1)
NZ 430268 · Apr 11, 2022 · national
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