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Electronic device

Granted 13 Apr 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Duncan Robert Kerr, Christopher J. Stringer, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth +15 · Examiner: Katherine Glennon · AU 2923 · TC 2900

Application
29/718,730
filed 27 Dec 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D916078
granted 13 Apr 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a closed top front perspective…

FIG. 1 is a closed top front perspective view of an electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a closed bottom front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a closed top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a closed bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a closed front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a closed rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a closed left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a closed right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a closed top view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a closed bottom view thereof;

FIG. 11 is an open top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 12 is an open top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 13 is an open bottom front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 14 is an open bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 15 is an open front view thereof;

FIG. 16 is an open rear view thereof;

FIG. 17 is an open left side view thereof;

FIG. 18 is an open right side view thereof;

FIG. 19 is an open top view thereof; and,

FIG. 20 is an open bottom view thereof.

The light gray shading represent a metallic surface.

The oblique shade lines represent a transparent surface.

The black shading represent the color black.

The dark gray shading represent a display, not any particular color.

The dark gray lines represent edge lines, not any particular color.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/315

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473 days filing → grant
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1
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Examiner
Katherine Glennon
art unit 2923 · TC 2900
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