Animated image for a portion of a display screen
Granted 8 Aug 2006 · no office action yet
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
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Inventors: Jeffrey C. Fong, Christopher Alan Glein · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…
FIG. 1 is a front view of a portion of a display screen with an animated image showing our new design, with the animated image having a first appearance state;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a second appearance state;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a third appearance state;
FIG. 4 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a fourth appearance state;
FIG. 5 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a fifth appearance state;
FIG. 6 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a sixth appearance state;
FIG. 7 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a seventh appearance state;
FIG. 8 is a front view thereof with the animated image having an eighth appearance state;
FIG. 9 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a ninth appearance state;
FIG. 10 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a tenth appearance state;
FIG. 11 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a eleventh appearance state;
FIG. 12 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a twelfth appearance state;
FIG. 13 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a thirteenth appearance state;
FIG. 14 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a fourteenth appearance state;
FIG. 15 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a fifteenth appearance state;
FIG. 16 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a sixteenth appearance state;
FIG. 17 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a seventeenth appearance state;
FIG. 18 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a eighteenth appearance state;
FIG. 19 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a nineteenth appearance state;
FIG. 20 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a twentieth appearance state;
FIG. 21 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a twenty-first appearance state;
FIG. 22 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a twenty-second appearance state;
FIG. 23 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a twenty-third appearance state;
FIG. 24 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a twenty-fourth appearance state;
FIG. 25 is a front view thereof with the animated image having a twenty-fifth appearance state;
FIG. 26 is a front view of the first image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 27 is a front view of the second image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 28 is a front view of the third image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 29 is a front view of the fourth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 30 is a front view of the fifth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 31 is a front view of the sixth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 32 is a front view of the seventh image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 33 is a front view of the eighth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 34 is a front view of the ninth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 35 is a front view of the tenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 36 is a front view of the eleventh image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 37 is a front view of the twelfth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 38 is a front view of the thirteenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 39 is a front view of the fourteenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 40 is a front view of the fifteenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 41 is a front view of the sixteenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 42 is a front view of the seventeenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 43 is a front view of the eighteenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 44 is a front view of the nineteenth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 45 is a front view of the twentieth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 46 is a front view of the twenty-first image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 47 is a front view of the twenty-second image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 48 is a front view of the twenty-third image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 49 is a front view of the twenty-fourth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration; and,
FIG. 50 is a front view of the twenty-fifth image thereof, on an enlarged scale, the image is shown separately for clarity of illustration.
The appearance of the animated image sequentially transitions between the images shown in FIGS. 1-25. The process or period in which one image transitions to another forms no part of the claimed design. The broken line showing of a display screen in FIGS. 1-25 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.
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