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US 1,096,558 · App. 29/895,189 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Vehicle tailgate

Inventors: William K Moore (West Bloomfield, MI); Joshua Blundo (Detroit, MI); Ehab Naguib Kaoud (Livonia, MI); Matthew Braun (Ferndale, MI); Elvir Mesalic (Plymouth, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,096,558
App. No.
29/895,189
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a vehicle tailgate as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: MOORE, KENNETH; BLUNDO, JOSHUA; KAOUD, EHAB NAGUIB; BRAUN, MATTHEW; MESALIC, ELVIR
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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