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Digital reader

Granted 6 Nov 2012 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sony Corporation · originally Sony Group Corporation

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Inventors: Naoto Shimizu, Isamu Arie, Keiichi Totsuka · Examiner: Barbara Fox · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/393,019
filed 27 May 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D670287
granted 6 Nov 2012

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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 digital reader illustrating the top surface and having dashed lines disposed above buttons and representing operational indicators when the buttons are depressed.

FIG. 2 is a top plan of the invention having dashed lines disposed above buttons and representing operational indicators when the buttons are depressed.

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the invention.

FIG. 5 is side elevational view of the invention opposed to the side illustrated in FIG. 4 .

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view of the invention.

FIG. 7 is an end elevational view of the invention opposed to the end illustrated in FIG. 6 .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the invention illustrating the bottom surface; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the invention illustrating the top surface and having dashed lines representing part of the digital-reader cover which holds the invention.

The broken lines shown in the drawings represent portions of the digital reader and environmental structure that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341

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USthis patentUS-D670287-SS16 Nov 201227 May 2011grantedDigital reader
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-340768-SS7 Feb 201224 Nov 2011publishedA digital reader
CACA-143364-SS1 Nov 201224 Nov 2011grantedDigital reader
TWTW-D149487-SS1 Oct 201225 Nov 2011publishedA digital reader

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