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Set of key buttons for a handset

Granted 18 Mar 2008 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Microsoft Corporation · originally Nokia

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Inventors: Robert Shepherd, Shiho Nakajima · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/278,558
filed 2 Apr 2007
Publication
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US D564503
granted 18 Mar 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a set of key buttons for a handset showing a first embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a set of key buttons for a handset showing a second embodiment of our new design; and,

FIG. 4 is a perspective front view thereof.

The broken line showing of environmental structures 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
D14/247

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D546324-SS110 Jul 200714 Jun 2004grantedFront cover portion of a handset
USthis patentUS-D564503-SS118 Mar 20082 Apr 2007grantedSet of key buttons for a handset
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-302178-SS29 Jun 200513 Dec 2004publishedA front cover for a handset
CACA-109381-SS28 Feb 200613 Dec 2004grantedFront cover for a handset
TWTW-D108497-S1S121 Dec 200513 Dec 2004publishedFront cover for a handset

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