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Audio processor

Granted 12 May 2009 · 4 office actions

Inventors: Wee Min Alfred Lau, Kian Choon Janle Lim, Mei San Gigi Cho, Hui Ling Gan · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/262,459

filed 30 Jun 2006

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US D592226

granted 12 May 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top view of an…

FIG. 1 is a top view of an audio processor in accordance with the present design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the audio processor shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the audio processor shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the audio processor shown FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the audio processor shown in FIG. 1 .

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1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for an audio processor, substantially as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/496

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D592226-S	S1	12 May 2009	30 Jun 2006	granted	Audio processor

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-313168-S	S	27 Feb 2007	20 Dec 2006	published	Audio processor
AU	AU-313169-S	S	27 Feb 2007	20 Dec 2006	published	Audio processor
TW	TW-D121238-S1	S1	1 Feb 2008	29 Dec 2006	published	Audio processor
TW	TW-D123993-S1	S1	1 Aug 2008	29 Dec 2006	published	Audio processor

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