IP Library Granted Patent US 1,069,986
Granted Patent S1
US 1,069,986 · App. 29/787,865 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Valve

Inventors: Katie Powers (New York, NY); C. Latham Gaines (Nashville, TN); Stephen Graner (New York, NY)
Assignee: SPIN MASTER, INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,069,986
App. No.
29/787,865
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a valve as shown and described.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2021
From: POWERS, KATIE; GRANER, STEPHEN
To: SPIN MASTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 056991/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: OPI AND ME, LLC
To: SPIN MASTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 056665/0966 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: GAINES, C. LATHAM
To: OPI AND ME, LLC
Reel/Frame 056646/0814 →
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