The broken line showing of the remainder of the handset in the drawing figures is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for key buttons for a handset, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/247

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Ian Simmons

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D589919-S	S1	7 Apr 2009	14 Jun 2006	granted	Handset
US	US-D600238-S	S1	15 Sep 2009	6 Apr 2009	granted	Front cover for a handset
USthis patent	US-D602927-S	S1	27 Oct 2009	6 Apr 2009	granted	Key buttons for a handset

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-313082-S	S	23 Feb 2007	13 Dec 2006	published	Handset
CA	CA-118712-S	S	20 Nov 2007	13 Dec 2006	granted	Handset
TW	TW-D120983-S1	S1	11 Jan 2008	13 Dec 2006	published	Handset

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