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Connector

Granted 15 Sep 2020 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Julian Hoenig, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Bartley K. Andre +12 · Examiner: Darcey E Gottschalk · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/665,742
filed 5 Oct 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D896225
granted 15 Sep 2020

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Description

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›The file of this patent contains at least…

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

The sole FIGURE is a front view of a connector showing the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/433D13/147

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Pendency
1.9 y
711 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Darcey E Gottschalk
art unit 2919 · TC 2900
Citations: 112 back · 0 forward

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