USPatentGranted
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Case for a tablet

Granted 9 Jun 2015 · 4 office actions

Application
29/477,407
filed 20 Dec 2013
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D731494
granted 9 Jun 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top, right perspective…

FIG. 1 is a front, top, right perspective view of a case for a tablet showing our new design with the tablet shown in broken lines;

FIG. 2 is a rear, top, left perspective view of the case of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the case of FIG. 1 with the tablet shown in broken lines;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view of the case of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the case of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the case of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation view of the case of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 8 is a right side elevation view of the case of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating environment and unclaimed features and 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
D14/440

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Pendency
1.5 y
536 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
Cynthia Underwood
art unit 2918 · TC 2900
Citations: 111 back · 0 forward

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4 members · 4 offices
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DOCDB simple family 53056343
Offices
4
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D731494-SS19 Jun 201520 Dec 2013grantedCase for a tablet
JPJP-1520411-SS30 Mar 20159 May 2014grantedno title held
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-357242-SS4 Sep 201417 Jun 2014publishedCase for a tablet
CACA-156153-SS4 May 201511 Apr 2014grantedCase for a tablet

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