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Keyboard

Granted 3 Jul 2012 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Duncan Robert Kerr, Bartley K. Andre, Douglas B. Satzger, Eugene Antony Whang +12 · Examiner: Freda S Nunn · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/393,108
filed 31 May 2011
Publication
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US D662935
granted 3 Jul 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top, perspective view of a keyboard showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is 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;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom, perspective view thereof.

The broken lines are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the keyboard and form no part of the claimed design. The gray shading represents a metallic-looking surface.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/392

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