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Packaging

Granted 12 Mar 2013 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Richard P. Howarth, Rico Zorkendorfer, Steve Jobs, Daniel J. Coster +11 · Examiner: Karen S Acker · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/406,057
filed 9 Nov 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D677563
granted 12 Mar 2013

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Description

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

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

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is another side view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the packaging and environment which form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash lines show unclaimed boundaries.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

1 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/418

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Pendency
1.3 y
489 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
1
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Examiner
Karen S Acker
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
Citations: 46 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

13 members · 4 offices
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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D596485-SS121 Jul 200925 Jun 2007grantedPackaging
USUS-D620795-SS13 Aug 201020 Jul 2009grantedPackaging
USUS-D633388-SS11 Mar 20119 Jun 2010grantedPackaging
USUS-D649450-SS129 Nov 20117 Feb 2011grantedPackaging
USthis patentUS-D677563-SS112 Mar 20139 Nov 2011grantedPackaging
USUS-D701757-SS11 Apr 201420 Feb 2013grantedPackaging
USUS-D736618-SS118 Aug 201517 Jan 2014grantedPackaging
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-318966-SS21 Apr 200821 Dec 2007publishedPackaging
AUAU-318967-SS21 Apr 200821 Dec 2007publishedPackaging
CACA-123792-SS28 Aug 200814 Dec 2007grantedPackaging
CACA-126426-SS28 Aug 200814 Dec 2007grantedPackaging
TWTW-D129308-S1S121 Jun 20095 Dec 2007publishedPackaging
TWTW-D135301-S1S111 Jun 20105 Dec 2007publishedInner plate of package

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