Granted Patent
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US 1,067,320 · App. 29/936,149 · Granted Mar 18, 2025
Aircraft
Inventors:
Julien Montousse (Mountain View, CA); Niki James Smart (Los Angeles, CA); Nicolas Rousseau (Mountain View, CA); Young-Joon Suh (Mountain View, CA); Erik Saetre (Los Angeles, CA); Julien Thiebaud (Campbell, CA); Geoffrey Christien Bower (Sunnyvale, CA); Giovanni Droandi (San Jose, CA); Spencer Robert Fugal (Reno, NV); Alexander Oliver Haas (Reno, NV); Dev Gorur Rajnarayan (Mountain View, CA); Nischint Rajmohan (San Jose, CA); Jenner Grey Richards (Sunnyvale, CA); Bernardo Augusto de Oliveira Vieira (San Jose, CA)
Assignee:
Archer Aviation, Inc.
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Claims (1)
The ornamental design for an aircraft as shown and described.
Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME TO REMOVE THE COMMA PRECEDING INC. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 69845 FRAME 589. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT..
Recorded May 20, 2025
From: MONTOUSSE, JULIEN; SMART, NIKI JAMES; ROUSSEAU, NICOLAS; SUH, YOUNG-JOON; THIEBAUD, JULIEN; BOWER, GEOFFREY CHRISTIEN; DROANDI, GIOVANNI; FUGAL, SPENCER ROBERT; RAJNARAYAN, DEV GORUR; RAJMOHAN, NISCHINT; RICHARDS, JENNER GREY; VIEIRA, BERNARDO AUGUSTO DE OLIVEIRA; SAETRE, ERIK; HAAS, ALEXANDER OLIVER
To: ARCHER AVIATION INC.
Reel/Frame 071989/0909 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 13, 2025
From: MONTOUSSE, JULIEN; SMART, NIKI JAMES; ROUSSEAU, NICOLAS; SUH, YOUNG-JOON; THIEBAUD, JULIEN; BOWER, GEOFFREY CHRISTIEN; DROANDI, GIOVANNI; FUGAL, SPENCER ROBERT; RAJNARAYAN, DEV GORUR; RAJMOHAN, NISCHINT; RICHARDS, JENNER GREY; VIEIRA, BERNARDO AUGUSTO DE OLIVEIRA; SAETRE, ERIK; HAAS, ALEXANDER OLIVER
To: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 069845/0589 →
Continuity (1)
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