IP Library Granted Patent US 1,069,965
Granted Patent S1
US 1,069,965 · App. 29/846,067 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Auto-sear

Inventors: Frank Eric Robinson (Schwenksville, PA); William H. Geissele (Lower Gwynedd, PA)
Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,069,965
App. No.
29/846,067
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an auto-sear as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: ROBINSON, FRANK ERIC; GEISSELE, WILLIAM H.
To: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060493/0020 →
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