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Adapter

Granted 24 Aug 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jeremy Bataillou, Julian Hoenig, Marine C. Bataille, Julian Jaede +17 · Examiner: Christy Nemeth · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/709,543
filed 15 Oct 2019
Publication
Not published
not published
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US D928705
granted 24 Aug 2021

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Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of an adapter 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 adapter that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/110D13/108

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Pendency
1.9 y
679 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Interviews
2
examiner interview summaries
Examiner
Christy Nemeth
art unit 2922 · TC 2900
Citations: 80 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

10 members · 5 offices
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Members
10
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Offices
5
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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D867989-SS126 Nov 201916 May 2018grantedAdapter
USthis patentUS-D928705-SS124 Aug 202115 Oct 2019grantedAdapter
JPJP-1666210-SS17 Aug 202016 Nov 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201816840-SS8 Jan 201916 Nov 2018publishedAdapter
AUAU-201816841-SS8 Jan 201916 Nov 2018publishedAdapter
AUAU-201816842-SS8 Jan 201916 Nov 2018publishedAdapter
AUAU-201816843-SS8 Jan 201916 Nov 2018publishedAdapter
CACA-184641-SS28 Nov 201915 Nov 2018grantedPower adapter
CACA-184639-SS29 Nov 201915 Nov 2018grantedPower adapter
TWTW-D201027-SS21 Nov 201916 Nov 2018publishedAdapter

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