U.S. patent number D943,730 [Application Number D/671,515] was granted by the patent office on 2022-02-15 for ventilation grille. This patent grant is currently assigned to Broan-NuTone LLC. The grantee listed for this patent is Broan-NuTone LLC. Invention is credited to Kwame Appiahene-Agyei, David Jennings Lucas, Anup Nikam, Benjamin Puffer.
United States Patent | D943,730 |
Puffer , et al. | February 15, 2022 |
Inventors: | Puffer; Benjamin (Hartford, WI), Nikam; Anup (Hartford, WI), Appiahene-Agyei; Kwame (Austin, TX), Lucas; David Jennings (Austin, TX) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | Broan-NuTone LLC (Hartford,
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Appl. No.: | D/671,515 | ||||||||||
Filed: | November 28, 2018 |
Current U.S. Class: | D23/411; D23/371; D23/385 |
Current International Class: | 2303 |
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