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US 1,097,933 · App. 29/922,539 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Mudflap

Inventors: Andrew Crawford (Durham, GB); Udhayanan Annamalai (Chennai, IN)
Assignee: CATERPILLAR SARL
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Patent No.
US 1,097,933
App. No.
29/922,539
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a mudflap as shown and described.

Priority Claims (7)
GB 6127837 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
GB 6127838 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
GB 6127839 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
GB 6127840 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
GB 6127841 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
GB 6127842 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
GB 6127843 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Continuation 29808716 · Sep 22, 2021
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