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Charging surface

Granted 11 Aug 2020 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Marine C. Bataille, Rico Zorkendorfer, Richard P. Howarth, Jody Akana +19 · Examiner: Nathaniel D. Buckner · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/660,338
filed 20 Aug 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D892732
granted 11 Aug 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 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

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/108

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Examiner
Nathaniel D. Buckner
art unit 2921 · TC 2900
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Worldwide family

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Offices
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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D826151-SS121 Aug 20184 Aug 2017grantedCharging surface
USthis patentUS-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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