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Electronic device

Granted 22 Aug 2023 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Daniel J. Coster, Jonathan P. Ive, Daniele De Iuliis, Rico Zorkendorfer +11 · Examiner: Nathaniel D. Buckner · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/744,847
filed 31 Jul 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D996414
granted 22 Aug 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of an…

FIG. 1 is a front view of an electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

In FIGS. 1 , 3 , 4 and 6 , the claim is directed to the solid line perimeter, the portions found within the solid line perimeter 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
D14/314

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Pendency
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1,117 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Nathaniel D. Buckner
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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D713405-SS116 Sep 20149 Jun 2013grantedElectronic device
USUS-D759006-SS114 Jun 201630 Jul 2014grantedElectronic device
USUS-D825551-SS114 Aug 201829 Apr 2016grantedElectronic device
USUS-D892111-SS14 Aug 20205 Jul 2018grantedElectronic device
USthis patentUS-D996414-SS122 Aug 202331 Jul 2020grantedElectronic device
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-353103-SS24 Dec 20137 Nov 2013publishedElectronic device
CACA-153942-SS3 Oct 201412 Nov 2013grantedRouter
TWTW-D162990-SS11 Sep 201427 Nov 2013publishedCommunication device

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