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Granted 26 Jul 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Matthew Vincent Costello, Guillaume Raoult, Christopher Kuh, Jeffrey Scott Croyle +6 · Examiner: Kevin K Rudzinski · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/763,657
filed 23 Dec 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D958532
granted 26 Jul 2022

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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 case in a closed position 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;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top front perspective view thereof in an open position;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 16 - 16 in FIG. 14 .

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case 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
D03/294

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Pendency
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Examiner
Kevin K Rudzinski
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Worldwide family

23 members · 7 offices
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USthis patentUS-D958532-SS126 Jul 202223 Dec 2020grantedCase
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TWTW-D219817-SS11 Jul 202223 Jun 2021publishedCase with earphones
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UAUA-44737-SS20 Jan 202222 Jun 2021publishedФутлярuk
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