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Key button arrangement for a handset

Granted 11 Jul 2006 · no office action yet

Current assignee: HMD Global Oy · originally Nokia

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Inventors: Duncan Burns, Jamie Langford, Tanja Finkbeiner · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/226,637

filed 31 Mar 2005

Publication

Not published

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US D524802

granted 11 Jul 2006

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof.

The broken line showing of the remainder of the handset is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a key button arrangement for a handset, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/247

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Pendency

1.3 y

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none on record

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Examiner

Jeffrey Asch

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8 members · 4 offices

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Offices

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5 of 8

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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D507251-S	S1	12 Jul 2005	23 Oct 2003	granted	Handset
US	US-D511771-S	S1	22 Nov 2005	4 Mar 2005	granted	Key button arrangement for a handset
USthis patent	US-D524802-S	S1	11 Jul 2006	31 Mar 2005	granted	Key button arrangement for a handset
US	US-D529023-S	S1	26 Sep 2006	31 Mar 2005	granted	Key button area for a handset

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-156615-S	S	8 Oct 2004	20 Apr 2004	published	A handset
AU	AU-156616-S	S	8 Oct 2004	20 Apr 2004	published	A handset
CA	CA-106645-S	S	19 Jul 2005	20 Apr 2004	granted	Handset
TW	TW-D106145-S1	S1	21 Aug 2005	20 Apr 2004	published	Handset

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