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Granted 28 Jan 2020 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniele De Iuliis, Shota Aoyagi +15 · Examiner: W. A. Teddy Falloway · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/661,773
filed 30 Aug 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D873660
granted 28 Jan 2020

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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 case showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof showing the case in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case or environment that form no part of the claimed design.

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

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

3 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/436D3/313D9/756

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Pendency
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Examiner
W. A. Teddy Falloway
art unit 2921 · TC 2900
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Worldwide family

7 members · 4 offices
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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D763104-SS19 Aug 201629 Aug 2014grantedCase
USUS-D827432-SS14 Sep 201829 Jul 2016grantedCase
USthis patentUS-D873660-SS128 Jan 202030 Aug 2018grantedCase
JPJP-1530666-SS10 Aug 201527 Feb 2015grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-361963-SS25 May 201527 Feb 2015publishedCase
CACA-161261-SS24 Nov 201527 Feb 2015grantedDisplay case
CACA-164779-SS24 Nov 201527 Feb 2015grantedDisplay case

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