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Housing plate

Granted 28 Aug 2012 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Scott A. Myers, David A. Pakula, Tang Tan Yew +1 · Examiner: Deanna L Fluegeman · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/363,173
filed 5 Jun 2010
Publication
Not published
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US D666202
granted 28 Aug 2012

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Description

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›Examples of a device that may be used…

Examples of a device that may be used with the present invention may be found in U.S. application Ser. Nos. 29/360,031, 29/360,036, and 29/360,110.

FIG. 1 is a bottom rear perspective view of a housing plate showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the housing plate which form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/439

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D666202-SS128 Aug 20125 Jun 2010grantedHousing plate
USUS-D714294-SS130 Sep 201417 Aug 2012grantedHousing plate
USUS-D749590-SS116 Feb 201626 Sep 2014grantedHousing plate
USUS-D824389-SS131 Jul 201812 Feb 2016grantedHousing plate
USUS-D939509-SS128 Dec 202130 Jul 2018grantedHousing plate
USUS-D1061528-SS111 Feb 202527 Dec 2021grantedHousing plate
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-333407-SS27 Oct 201017 Sep 2010publishedHousing plate
CACA-137802-SS16 Jun 20115 Nov 2010grantedHousing plate
TWTW-D143594-S1S11 Nov 201117 Sep 2010publishedHousing plate for a portable electronic multi-media communication device

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