The broken line showing of the remainder of the handset in FIGS. 1-2 and the remainder of the keypad in FIGS. 3-4 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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1 granted claims

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

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/247D14/455

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Jeffrey Asch

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D518459-S	S1	4 Apr 2006	27 Jul 2004	granted	Handset
US	US-D524778-S	S1	11 Jul 2006	27 Jul 2004	granted	Front cover portion of a handset
USthis patent	US-D528107-S	S1	12 Sep 2006	27 Jul 2004	granted	Key button arrangement for a handset
US	US-D535649-S	S1	23 Jan 2007	9 Sep 2004	granted	Handsfree device for a handset
US	US-D540317-S	S1	10 Apr 2007	22 Dec 2005	granted	Portion of a handset

›Other offices — 11 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-300454-S	S	17 Jan 2005	28 Jul 2004	published	A handset
AU	AU-300455-S	S	17 Jan 2005	28 Jul 2004	published	A front cover for a handset
AU	AU-300456-S	S	17 Jan 2005	28 Jul 2004	published	A back cover for a handset
AU	AU-300457-S	S	17 Jan 2005	28 Jul 2004	published	A keypad for a handset
AU	AU-300719-S	S	17 Feb 2005	10 Sep 2004	published	Handsfree device for handsets
CA	CA-107799-S	S	24 Aug 2005	28 Jul 2004	granted	Handset
CA	CA-107798-S	S	2 Sep 2005	28 Jul 2004	granted	Front cover for a handset
CA	CA-108338-S	S	26 Oct 2005	10 Sep 2004	granted	Handsfree device for handsets
TW	TW-D106630-S1	S1	21 Sep 2005	28 Jul 2004	published	Handset
TW	TW-D106631-S1	S1	21 Sep 2005	28 Jul 2004	published	Front cover for a handset
TW	TW-D107411-S1	S1	1 Nov 2005	13 Sep 2004	published	Handsfree device for handsets

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