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Earphone

Granted 6 Apr 2021 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Julian Hoenig, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Bartley K. Andre, Peter Russell-Clarke +12 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/713,433
filed 15 Nov 2019
Publication
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US D915354
granted 6 Apr 2021

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a front view of an earphone showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom perspective view thereof.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphone that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines in the figures and the areas within the dot-dash broken lines show portions of the earphone 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
D14/223

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›IP5 & PCT — 14 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D681015-SS130 Apr 20138 Sep 2012grantedEarphone
USUS-D707206-SS117 Jun 201429 Apr 2013grantedEarphone
USUS-D732008-SS116 Jun 201512 Jun 2014grantedEarphone
USUS-D769849-SS125 Oct 201615 Jun 2015grantedEarphone
USUS-D867325-SS119 Nov 201921 Oct 2016grantedEarphone
USUS-D914645-SS130 Mar 202115 Nov 2019grantedEarphone
USthis patentUS-D915354-SS16 Apr 202115 Nov 2019grantedEarphone
USUS-D929377-SS131 Aug 20212 Apr 2021grantedEarphone
USUS-D951235-SS110 May 202230 Aug 2021grantedEarphone
USUS-D973638-SS127 Dec 20224 May 2022grantedEarphone
USUS-D973639-SS127 Dec 20225 May 2022grantedEarphone
USUS-D1002589-SS124 Oct 202320 Dec 2022grantedEarphone
USUS-D1065156-SS14 Mar 202520 Oct 2023grantedEarphone
USUS-D1098079-SS114 Oct 20253 Mar 2025grantedEarphone
›Other offices — 12 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-348160-SS22 Apr 20131 Mar 2013publishedEarpiece of an earphone
AUAU-348161-SS22 Apr 20131 Mar 2013publishedEarpiece of an earphone
AUAU-348162-SS22 Apr 20131 Mar 2013publishedEarpiece of an earphone
AUAU-348163-SS22 Apr 20131 Mar 2013publishedEarpiece of an earphone
AUAU-348164-SS22 Apr 20131 Mar 2013publishedEarphones
CLCL-2013000648-S1S115 Nov 20138 Mar 2013publishedAuriculares
TWTW-D162971-SS11 Sep 20141 Mar 2013published耳機之部分zh
TWTW-D162972-SS11 Sep 20141 Mar 2013published耳機之部分zh
TWTW-D163155-SS21 Sep 20141 Mar 2013published耳機zh
TWTW-D164334-SS21 Nov 20141 Mar 2013published耳機之部分zh
TWTW-D164749-SS11 Dec 20141 Mar 2013publishedA portion of an earphone
UAUA-26820-SS25 Apr 201427 Feb 2013publishedТелефон головнийuk

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