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Handheld electronic device

Granted 22 Oct 2013 · 2 office actions

Assignee: BlackBerry Ltd

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Inventors: Alison Phillips, Anders Fahrendorff, Joseph Michael Hofer, Roman Rak +4 · Examiner: Jeffrey D Asch · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/432,973
filed 24 Sep 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D691982
granted 22 Oct 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a handheld electronic device;

FIG. 2 is a back perspective view of the handheld electronic device;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a back elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines shown throughout the views, which are immediately adjacent to the shaded areas and enclose unshaded regions that are not claimed, represent the bounds of the claimed design whereas all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines 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
D14/138.AA

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D684552-SS118 Jun 201329 Mar 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
USUS-D684555-SS118 Jun 201324 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
USUS-D685775-SS19 Jul 201324 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
USUS-D691578-SS115 Oct 201324 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
USthis patentUS-D691982-SS122 Oct 201324 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
›Other offices — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-345214-SS30 Oct 201227 Sep 2012publishedHandheld electronic device
BRBR-302012005043-S1S127 May 201427 Sep 2012publishedConfiguracao aplicada a um dispositivo eletronico portatilpt
CACA-147620-SS16 May 201428 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
CACA-147621-SS16 May 201428 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
CACA-147622-SS16 May 201428 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
CACA-147623-SS16 May 201428 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device
CACA-147624-SS16 May 201428 Sep 2012grantedHandheld electronic device

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