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Key button arrangement for a handset

Granted 27 Jul 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Microsoft Corporation · originally Nokia

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Inventors: Dimitre D. Mehandjiysky · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/170,229

filed 1 Nov 2002

Publication

Not published

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US D493450

granted 27 Jul 2004

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is front view of a key…

FIG. 1 is front view of a key button arrangement for a handset; and,

FIG. 2 is a perspective front view thereof.

The broken line showings of the remainder of a handset are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

2 codes

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/247

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Pendency

1.7 y

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Examiner

Jeffrey Asch

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5 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D493450-S	S1	27 Jul 2004	1 Nov 2002	granted	Key button arrangement for a handset
US	US-D500757-S	S1	11 Jan 2005	2 Mar 2004	granted	Key button arrangement for a handset
US	US-D502174-S	S1	22 Feb 2005	2 Mar 2004	granted	Portion of a handset

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-155740-S	S	16 Jun 2004	1 May 2003	published	A keypad
CA	CA-102898-S	S	27 Apr 2005	1 May 2003	granted	Keypad for a handset

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