USPatentGranted
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Case for a smart phone

Granted 15 Dec 2015 · 2 office actions

Application
29/491,411
filed 21 May 2014
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D745505
granted 15 Dec 2015

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a rear, top, right perspective view of a case for a smart phone showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear, top, left perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front, top, left perspective view thereof, shown in state of use with an unclaimed smart phone;

FIG. 4 is a front, top, left perspective view thereof, shown without the unclaimed smart phone;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view thereof, show in a state of use with the unclaimed smart phone;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a right side elevation view thereof.

The broken lines immediately adjacent the claimed surfaces represent boundaries of the claimed design. All other broken lines depict unclaimed environment. The interior surfaces of the case, the broken lines, and the unshaded surfaces bounded by broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250

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Pendency
1.6 y
573 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
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Examiner
Carla Jobe Wright
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DOCDB simple family 53396918
Offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D745505-SS115 Dec 201521 May 2014grantedCase for a smart phone
JPJP-1519939-SS23 Mar 201525 Sep 2014grantedno title held
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-358984-SS25 Nov 20143 Oct 2014publishedCase for a smart phone
CACA-158654-SS21 May 201510 Sep 2014grantedCase for a smart phone

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