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Charging surface

Granted 21 Aug 2018 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jody Akana, Christopher J. Stringer, Mikael Silvanto, Rico Zorkendorfer +19 · Examiner: Rosemary K Tarcza · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/612,870
filed 4 Aug 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D826151
granted 21 Aug 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a charging surface showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front 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.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the charging surface 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
D13/108

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Responses
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Examiner
Rosemary K Tarcza
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Worldwide family

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Offices
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Granted
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D826151-SS121 Aug 20184 Aug 2017grantedCharging surface
USUS-D892732-SS111 Aug 202020 Aug 2018grantedCharging surface
JPJP-1603929-SS14 May 201819 Jan 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201810282-SS16 Feb 201818 Jan 2018publishedCharging surface
CACA-179056-SS26 Sep 20189 Jan 2018grantedCharging surface
TWTW-D194177-SS21 Nov 201819 Jan 2018publishedCharging surface

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