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Pair of earphones

Granted 30 Oct 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Microsoft Corporation

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Inventors: Joshua David Maruska, Steven T. Kaneko, Carl J. Ledbetter, John Ikeda · Examiner: Paula A. Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/248,489
filed 17 Aug 2006
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US D554109
granted 30 Oct 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of pair of earphones showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof of an pair of earphones in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is an opposite side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof of the pair of earphones in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken line showing of various regions in the Figures, including the unshaded areas therein, is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223

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USthis patentUS-D554109-SS130 Oct 200717 Aug 2006grantedPair of earphones
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-313541-SS3 Apr 200711 Jan 2007publishedEar phones
CACA-119029-SS3 Jun 200812 Jan 2007grantedSet of earphones
TWTW-D121459-S1S121 Feb 200831 Jan 2007publishedEar phones

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