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Digital audio player

Granted 6 Mar 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Toshiba

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Inventors: Masatomo Naruki, Manabu Tago, Ken Suzuki · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/234,726
filed 22 Jul 2005
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US D537837
granted 6 Mar 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top and right…

FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a digital audio player, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side elevational view thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/496

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USthis patentUS-D537837-SS16 Mar 200722 Jul 2005grantedDigital audio player
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AUAU-304832-SS19 Dec 200529 Jul 2005publishedDigital audio player
CACA-112003-SS14 Feb 200625 Jul 2005grantedDigital audio player
TWTW-D112256-S1S11 Aug 200627 Jul 2005publishedDigital audio player

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