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Controller with removable thumbstick attachment

Granted 6 Dec 2016 · 2 office actions

Application
29/530,112
filed 12 Jun 2015
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D773561
granted 6 Dec 2016

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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 controller with removable thumbstick attachment showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an exploded front perspective view thereof with the thumbstick detached from the base;

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 13 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken line showing of the remainder of the controller with removable thumbstick attachment is for environmental purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/333D14/401

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1.5 y
543 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
1
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Examiner
Prabhakar Deshmukh
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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5 members · 5 offices
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DOCDB simple family 57048021
Offices
5
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Granted
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D773561-SS16 Dec 201612 Jun 2015grantedController with removable thumbstick attachment
JPJP-1560729-SS11 Oct 201611 Dec 2015grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-367257-SS24 Feb 201611 Dec 2015publishedController component
CACA-165901-SS10 Jul 201711 Dec 2015grantedController with removable thumbstick attachment
TWTW-D181148-SS1 Feb 201711 Dec 2015publishedPortion of a controller with removable thumbstick attachment

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