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US 1,126,878 · App. 30/031,191 · Granted May 19, 2026

Solar tower

Inventors: Louis Fredrick Kiefer, III (Nashua, NH); Jennifer Kiefer Chesnell (Mason, NH); Louis Fredrick Kiefer, IV (New London, NH)
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Patent No.
US 1,126,878
App. No.
30/031,191
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a solar tower as shown and described.

Continuity (2)
Division 29823928 · Jan 20, 2022
Division 29690355 · May 7, 2019
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