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Sequencing Instrument

US D1,049,424 In force
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Term ends Oct 29, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Nov 1, 2022 as application 29/867,635 · Granted Oct 29, 2024
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 1, 2022
Reel 61617, frame 111
Godfrey Wood, JackNative Design LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2022
Reel 61617, frame 61
Allegoren, Erik; Williamson, ErikIllumina, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2022
Reel 61617, frame 146
Native Design LimitedIllumina, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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