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Handheld portable computing device

Granted 27 Jul 2010 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Douglas B. Satzger, Christopher J. Stringer, Daniele De Iuliis +10 · Examiner: Freda S Nunn · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/330,373
filed 6 Jan 2009
Publication
Not published
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US D620488
granted 27 Jul 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a handheld portable computing device in accordance with the present design. The handheld portable computing device can for example be a media player, media storage device, cellular phone;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the handheld portable computing device in an enlarged configuration. The handheld portable computing device can be configured in a variety of different sizes while maintaining the design features of the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 16 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 17 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 18 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 19 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 20 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 21 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 22 is a front view for the handheld portable computing device shown in FIG. 1 .

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341

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Examiner
Freda S Nunn
art unit 2916 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D553129-SS116 Oct 200724 Aug 2005grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D562848-SS126 Feb 200819 Jun 2007grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D566706-SS115 Apr 20082 Jul 2007grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D584303-SS16 Jan 200913 Mar 2008grantedHandheld portable computing device
USthis patentUS-D620488-SS127 Jul 20106 Jan 2009grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D645037-SS113 Sep 201123 Jul 2010grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D659135-SS18 May 20122 Sep 2011grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D673563-SS11 Jan 201316 Apr 2012grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D687033-SS130 Jul 201314 Sep 2012grantedHandheld portable computing device
USUS-D732018-SS116 Jun 201529 Jul 2013grantedHandheld portable computing device
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-307974-SS20 Jul 200624 Jan 2006publishedMedia device
CACA-114249-SS10 Aug 200616 Jan 2006grantedPortable media player
TWTW-D115567-SS21 Feb 20073 Feb 2006publishedHandheld portable computing device

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