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Connector

Granted 3 Apr 2018 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Shin Nishibori, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Julian Hoenig +12 · Examiner: Daniel D Bui · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/558,758
filed 21 Mar 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D814422
granted 3 Apr 2018

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Description

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The file of this patent contains at least one drawing/photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a connector showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is another side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the connector that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/147

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Pendency
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743 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
Daniel D Bui
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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