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Pair of headphones

Granted 5 Sep 2017 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Harman International Industries · originally Samsung Electronics

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Inventors: Eric Sia, Effrosini Karayiannis, Ryan Ott · Examiner: Paula Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/549,963
filed 29 Dec 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D796485
granted 5 Sep 2017

Life of the patent

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an interior perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is an interior perspective view of the left headphone of a pair of headphones showing our new design, with the left headphone shown separately for purposes of illustration;

FIG. 2 is another interior perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the exterior side thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the interior side thereof;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view thereof viewed from the right side of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view thereof viewed from the left side of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an interior perspective view of the right headphone of a pair of headphones showing of our new design, with the right headphone shown separately for purposes of illustration;

FIG. 10 is another interior perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a side elevational view of the exterior side thereof;

FIG. 12 is a side elevational view of the interior side thereof;

FIG. 13 is an end elevational view thereof viewed from the left or from the front of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 14 is an end elevational view thereof viewed from the right or from the rear of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 15 is a top plain view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223

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Pendency
1.7 y
616 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
1
no RCE
Examiner
Paula Greene
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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Worldwide family

3 members · 3 offices
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DOCDB simple family 57723794
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D796485-SS15 Sep 201729 Dec 2015grantedPair of headphones
JPJP-1566525-SS10 Jan 201728 Jun 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201613397-SS13 Jul 201624 Jun 2016publishedA headphone

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