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US 1,080,328 · App. 29/854,656 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Soil sampler tool

Inventors: Mark T. Weinberger (Mounds View, MN); David B. Kaminski (Clayton, CA); Daniel O. Hayes (Howell, MI); Hunter C. Anstadt (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee: Q.E.D. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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Patent No.
US 1,080,328
App. No.
29/854,656
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a soil sampler tool as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2022
From: WEINBERGER, MARK T.; KAMINSKI, DAVID B.; HAYES, DANIEL O.; ANSTADT, HUNTER C.
To: Q.E.D. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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