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Case for electronic communication device

Granted 13 Jun 2023 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: M. Evans Hankey, Christopher J. Stringer, Shota Aoyagi, Bartley K. Andre +16 · Examiner: L. A. Grabenstetter · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/691,014
filed 13 May 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D989056
granted 13 Jun 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a case for electronic communication device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged top plan view of the encircled region in FIG. 2 ; and,

FIG. 11 is an enlarged top plan view of the encircled region in FIG. 2 .

The dashed broken lines in the figures represent environmental subject matter, and form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines are included in FIGS. 2 , 10 , and 11 to delineate the portion of the case for electronic communication device shown in an enlarged scale in FIGS. 10 and 11 .

The dot-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
D14/250

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Pendency
4.1 y
1,492 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
L. A. Grabenstetter
art unit 2922 · TC 2900
Citations: 66 back · 0 forward

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D848408-SS114 May 20198 Sep 2015grantedCase for electronic communication device
USthis patentUS-D989056-SS113 Jun 202313 May 2019grantedCase for electronic communication device
JPJP-1563518-SS21 Nov 20167 Mar 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
TWTW-D183409-SS1 Jun 20174 Mar 2016publishedPortion of a case for an electronic device

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