IP Library Granted Patent US 1,061,483
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US 1,061,483 · App. 29/867,303 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Earpiece

Inventors: Shavini Fernando (Arlington, VA); George Donald Beckstein, III (Buffalo, NY); Ben Salthouse (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: OXIWEAR, INC.
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Patent No.
US 1,061,483
App. No.
29/867,303
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an earpiece, as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2023
From: SALTHOUSE, BEN
To: OXIWEAR, INC.
Reel/Frame 063064/0363 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: FERNANDO, SHAVINI; BECKSTEIN, GEORGE DONALD, III
To: OXIWEAR, INC.
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