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US 1,099,486 · App. 29/846,978 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Buckle

Inventor: Barbara Storch (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: BIRKENSTOCK IP GMBH
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Patent No.
US 1,099,486
App. No.
29/846,978
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a buckle as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 12, 2022
From: OCKENFELS GROUP GMBH & CO. KG
To: BIRKENSTOCK IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 061387/0236 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: STORCH, BARBARA
To: OCKENFELS GROUP GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 060579/0852 →
Priority Claims (1)
EM 008199467 · Oct 9, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Division 35511712 · Apr 1, 2021
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