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1. Earphone

1 . 1 : Front

1 . 2 : Back

1 . 3 : Left

1 . 4 : Right

1 . 5 : Top

1 . 6 : Bottom

1 . 7 Front perspective

1 . 8 Back perspective

FIG. 1 . 1 is a front view of an earphone; FIG. 1 . 2 is a back view of the earphone; FIG. 1 . 3 is a left view of the earphone; FIG. 1 . 4 is a right view of the earphone; FIG. 1 . 5 is a top view of the earphone; FIG. 1 . 6 is a bottom view of the earphone; FIG. 1 . 7 is a perspective view of the earphone; and FIG. 1 . 8 is another perspective view of the earphone.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.

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D14/223

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D989045-S	S1	13 Jun 2023	1 Dec 2021	granted	Earphone
JP	JP-1723108-S	S	23 Aug 2022	1 Dec 2021	granted	イヤホンja

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
TW	TW-D220906-S	S	1 Sep 2022	1 Dec 2021	published	耳機zh

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