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US 1,077,988 · App. 29/942,110 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Faucet spout

Inventors: Erin L. Hoover (New York, NY); William C. McKeone (Sheboygan, WI)
Assignee: KOHLER CO.
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Patent No.
US 1,077,988
App. No.
29/942,110
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a faucet spout as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2024
From: HOOVER, ERIN; MCKEONE, WILLIAM
To: KOHLER CO.
Reel/Frame 067518/0338 →
Continuity (1)
Division 29770532 · Feb 12, 2021
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