USPatentGranted

Pair of earphones

Granted 31 Oct 2017 · no office action yet

Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jody Akana, Molly Anderson +20 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/576,706

filed 6 Sep 2016

Publication

Not published

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Patent· this page

US D801314

granted 31 Oct 2017

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Classifications

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Citations

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Life of the patent

5 dated events

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pair of earphones showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a pair of earphones, as shown and described.

Classifications

2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/223D14/205

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Pendency

1.1 y

420 days filing → grant

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Responses

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Examiner

Paula Allen Greene

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Worldwide family

14 members · 5 offices

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Offices

US · JP

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D801314-S	S1	31 Oct 2017	6 Sep 2016	granted	Pair of earphones
US	US-D847125-S	S1	30 Apr 2019	30 Oct 2017	granted	Earphone
US	US-D896788-S	S1	22 Sep 2020	29 Apr 2019	granted	Earphone
US	US-D929375-S	S1	31 Aug 2021	21 Sep 2020	granted	Earphone
US	US-D949833-S	S1	26 Apr 2022	30 Aug 2021	granted	Earphone
US	US-D988297-S	S1	6 Jun 2023	25 Apr 2022	granted	Earphone
US	US-D1006797-S	S1	5 Dec 2023	28 Apr 2023	granted	Earphone
US	US-D1050084-S	S1	5 Nov 2024	4 Dec 2023	granted	Pair of earphones
JP	JP-1585727-S	S	11 Sep 2017	6 Mar 2017	granted	no title held
JP	JP-1585850-S	S	11 Sep 2017	6 Mar 2017	granted	no title held

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-201711286-S	S	20 Mar 2017	3 Mar 2017	published	Earphone
AU	AU-201711287-S	S	20 Mar 2017	3 Mar 2017	published	Earphone
CA	CA-172976-S	S	13 Sep 2018	8 Feb 2017	granted	Earphone
TW	TW-D187641-S	S	1 Jan 2018	20 Feb 2017	published	Earphone

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