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Granted 14 Mar 2023 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: M. Evans Hankey, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Markus Diebel, Jonathan P. Ive +20 · Examiner: April Rivas · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/849,506
filed 11 Aug 2022
Publication
Not published
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US D980629
granted 14 Mar 2023

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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 showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 6 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a top front perspective view thereof in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case and environment that form no part of the claimed design.

The cross-hatching in FIG. 8 forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

3 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D03/318D14/223D13/108

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