USPatentGranted

Keypad

Granted 19 Apr 2011 · 4 office actions

Assignee: BlackBerry Ltd

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Roman Peter Rak, Paul Masser, Kwok Ching Leung · Examiner: Bridget L Eland · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/342,461

filed 25 Aug 2009

Publication

Not published

not published

Patent· this page

US D636384

granted 19 Apr 2011

term adjustment not held

none

Litigation

checked

Classifications

Citations

22 cites · 0 cited by

Life of the patent

10 dated events

⤢ drag to zoom

ProsecutionOwnershipTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a keypad;

FIG. 2 is a back perspective view of the keypad;

FIG. 3 is a front plan view of the keypad;

FIG. 4 is a back plan view of the keypad;

FIG. 5 is a left elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a keypad, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/247

Claim changes

Soon

Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

⤢ drag to zoom

USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open

Pendency

1.6 y

602 days filing → grant

Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

no RCE

Examiner

Bridget L Eland

art unit 2916 · TC 2900

Law firm

Law firm · Log in to unlock

Citations: 22 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Chain of title

⤢ drag to zoom

Titlehover for detail · click to open

See the full assignment history — every owner this patent has passed through, with recordation dates and reel/frame numbers.

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Worldwide family

2 members · 2 offices

this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open

Members

DOCDB simple family 43859039

Offices

Granted

2 of 2

grant date present

›IP5 & PCT — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D636384-S	S1	19 Apr 2011	25 Aug 2009	granted	Keypad

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-133637-S	S	16 Dec 2010	11 Jan 2010	granted	Keypad for a communication device

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.