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US 1,103,333 · App. 29/796,711 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Oil filter

Inventors: Adam J. Hellman (Bayside, WI); John Schneiker (Muskego, WI)
Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,103,333
App. No.
29/796,711
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an oil filter as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: HELLMAN, ADAM J.; SCHNEIKER, JOHN
To: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056673/0413 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
To: BRIGGS & STRATTON, LLC
Reel/Frame 056683/0795 →
Continuity (2)
Division 29694882 · Jun 13, 2019
Division 29617887 · Sep 15, 2017
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