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Headphones

Granted 10 Aug 2021 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Christina J. Smiechowski, Carlos M. Santana, Kevin P. Blasko, Robert Brunner +2 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/755,092
filed 16 Oct 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D927453
granted 10 Aug 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 headphones showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top 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 dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the headphones that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries 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
D14/205

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Examiner
Paula Allen Greene
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›Other offices — 4 members
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UAUA-42079-SS10 Aug 202014 Nov 2019publishedНавушникиuk

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