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Housing for an electronic device with surface ornamentation

Granted 9 Apr 2019 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Rico Zorkendorfer, Mikael Silvanto, Jonathan P. Ive, Jeremy Bataillou +15 · Examiner: Michelle E Wilson · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/489,980
filed 5 May 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D845294
granted 9 Apr 2019

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Description

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›The FIGURE is a front view of a…

The FIGURE is a front view of a housing for an electronic device with surface ornamentation showing our new design.

The dashed broken lines in the FIGURE show the top, bottom, left and right sides of the housing for an electronic device with surface ornamentation that form no part of the claimed design.

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

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341

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4.9 y
1,800 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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1
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Michelle E Wilson
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USthis patentUS-D845294-SS19 Apr 20195 May 2014grantedHousing for an electronic device with surface ornamentation
JPJP-1525708-SS8 Jun 201530 Sep 2014grantedno title held
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AUAU-358903-SS21 Nov 201430 Sep 2014publishedHousing for an electronic device

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