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US 1,103,216 · App. 29/814,619 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Outboard motor

Inventors: Tim Dze-How Chuang (Encino, CA); John I. S. Park (Fond du Lac, WI); Todd D. Dannenberg (Fond du Lac, WI); Stephen R. Collins (Fond du Lac, WI); Ryan C. Abellera (Fond du Lac, WI)
Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
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Patent No.
US 1,103,216
App. No.
29/814,619
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an outboard motor as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: CHUANG, TIM DZE-HOW; PARK, JOHN I.S.; DANNENBERG, TODD D.; COLLINS, STEPHEN R.; ABELLERA, RYAN C.
To: BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058134/0676 →
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