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Keyboard

Granted 29 Jun 2021 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Daniel J. Coster, Rico Zorkendorfer, Eugene Antony Whang, Clement Tissandier +16 · Examiner: Keli L Hill · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/752,584
filed 28 Sep 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D923633
granted 29 Jun 2021

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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 keyboard showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear 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 keyboard 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
D14/455

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Responses
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Examiner
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Worldwide family

12 members · 5 offices
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Granted
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USUS-D788784-SS16 Jun 201721 Mar 2016grantedKeyboard
USUS-D834586-SS127 Nov 20185 Jun 2017grantedKeyboard
USUS-D880488-SS17 Apr 202026 Nov 2018grantedKeyboard
USUS-D897352-SS129 Sep 20206 Apr 2020grantedKeyboard
USthis patentUS-D923633-SS129 Jun 202128 Sep 2020grantedKeyboard
USUS-D995537-SS115 Aug 202328 Jun 2021grantedCover
USUS-D1025084-SS130 Apr 202410 May 2023grantedCover
USUS-D1071948-SS122 Apr 202529 Apr 2024grantedCover
JPJP-1574926-SS24 Apr 201729 Aug 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201614764-SS14 Oct 201630 Aug 2016publishedCover
CACA-170132-SS14 Jul 201724 Aug 2016grantedCover with keyboard
TWTW-D185980-SS11 Oct 201724 Aug 2016publishedCover

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