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Input pad for a hand-held electronic device

Granted 23 Jun 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: BlackBerry Ltd

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Inventors: Roman P. Rak, Jason T. Griffin · Examiner: Jennifer Rivard · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/324,182
filed 8 Sep 2008
Publication
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US D594869
granted 23 Jun 2009

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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 an input pad for a hand-held electronic device; and,

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

The portions of the hand-held electronic device shown in broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating environment and form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines immediately adjacent to the left and right of the input pad form an unclaimed boundary.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/455D14/247

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