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US 1,100,437 · App. 29/955,464 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Mule

Inventor: Leonie Bachstaedter (Linz am Rhein, DE)
Assignee: Birkenstock IP GmbH
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Patent No.
US 1,100,437
App. No.
29/955,464
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a mule as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2024
From: BACHSTAEDTER, LEONIE
To: BIRKENSTOCK IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 068166/0701 →
Priority Claims (21)
EM 015018189-0001 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0003 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0005 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0007 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0009 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0011 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0013 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0015 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0017 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0019 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0023 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0024 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0025 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0027 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0029 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0031 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0033 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0034 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0035 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0036 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
EM 015018189-0037 · Apr 14, 2023 · regional
Continuity (1)
Division 35518623 · Sep 13, 2023
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