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US 1,097,514 · App. 29/956,556 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Footwear upper

Inventor: Gina M. Spink-Knight (Grand Rapids, MI)
Assignee: Wolverine Outdoors, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,097,514
App. No.
29/956,556
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a footwear upper as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: WOLVERINE OUTDOORS, INC.; SAUCONY, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073973/0806 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2024
From: SPINK-KNIGHT, GINA M.
To: WOLVERINE OUTDOORS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068219/0157 →
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