ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. D1,096,527, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Front portion of a motor vehicle, toy replica, and/or other replica" was invented by Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner (Sindelfingen, Germany), Mark Fetherston (Stuttgart, Germany), Michael Frei (Sindelfingen, Germany), Teckkoun Kim (Boeblingen, Germany), Robert Lesnik (Leonberg, Germany), Peter Semenov (Stuttgart, Germany), Thomas Saelzle (Kornwestheim, Germany) and Gorden Wagener (Wangen, Germany).

The patent was filed on Dec. 26, 2023, under Application No. D/922,748.

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