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Earphone

Granted 1 Mar 2011 · no office action yet

Current assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank · originally Koss Stereophones

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Inventors: Martin Thaler, George Aye, Michael J. Koss, Jerry O'Leary +1 · Examiner: Paula Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/359,240
filed 7 Apr 2010
Publication
Not published
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US D633482
granted 1 Mar 2011

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an exploded left perspective view…

FIG. 1 is an exploded left perspective view of an earphone showing our new design, the cord is drawn broken away for indeterminate length;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 8 is an exploded left perspective view of a second embodiment of an earphone showing our new design, the cord is drawn broken away for indeterminate length;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top view thereof; and

FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 15 is an exploded left perspective view of a third embodiment of an earphone showing our new design, the cord is drawn broken away for indeterminate length;

FIG. 16 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 21 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines are for purposes of illustration only and form no part of the claimed design. The differences in shading shown in FIGS. 8-14 represent a contrast of appearance and do not represent any particular color, texture, or material. FIGS. 15-21 are lined to represent the colors black, red, gray, and silver.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223

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Pendency
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Examiner
Paula Greene
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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D621388-SS110 Aug 201020 Mar 2009grantedEarphone
USUS-D625298-SS112 Oct 20107 Apr 2010grantedEarphone set
USUS-D627338-SS116 Nov 20107 Apr 2010grantedEarphone dial
USthis patentUS-D633482-SS11 Mar 20117 Apr 2010grantedEarphone
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-326884-SS24 Jul 200930 Jun 2009publishedEarphone
AUAU-326885-SS24 Jul 200930 Jun 2009publishedEarphone
CACA-131306-SS4 May 201130 Jun 2009grantedSet of earphones
CACA-137191-SS4 May 201130 Jun 2009grantedSet of earphones
CACA-137192-SS4 May 201130 Jun 2009grantedSet of earphones

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