IP Library Granted Patent US 1,086,970
Granted Patent S1
US 1,086,970 · App. 29/774,566 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Aerial vehicle

Inventors: Louis Leroi LeGrand, III (Seattle, WA); Gur Kimchi (Seattle, WA); Dominic Timothy Shiosaki (Seattle, WA); Ricky Dean Welsh (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,086,970
App. No.
29/774,566
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an aerial vehicle as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2021
From: LEGRAND, LOUIS LEROI, III; KIMCHI, GUR; SHIOSAKI, DOMINIC TIMOTHY; WELSH, RICKY DEAN
To: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055629/0627 →
Continuity (2)
Division 29638993 · Mar 2, 2018
Continuation 29624129 · Oct 30, 2017
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