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Housing plate

Granted 30 Sep 2014 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Tang Yew Tan, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Scott A. Myers, Richard P. Howarth +1 · Examiner: Melanie H Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/429,885
filed 17 Aug 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D714294
granted 30 Sep 2014

Life of the patent

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom rear perspective view…

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 perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is bottom 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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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/439

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Pendency
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774 days filing → grant
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1
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Examiner
Melanie H Tung
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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›IP5 & PCT — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D666202-SS128 Aug 20125 Jun 2010grantedHousing plate
USthis patentUS-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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