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Granted 28 Nov 2023 · no office action yet
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Eugene Antony Whang, Shota Aoyagi, Markus Diebel +17 · Examiner: Austin Murphy · AU 2917 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of…
FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a pencil showing our new design;
FIG. 2 shows a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 shows a top view thereof;
FIG. 4 shows a front view; the rear view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 5 shows a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 6 shows a left view thereof; and,
FIG. 7 shows a right view thereof.
The broken lines illustrate structure or features which form no part of the claimed design.
The dot-dash broken lines illustrate boundaries which form no part of the claimed design.
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9 members · 4 offices›IP5 & PCT — 7 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
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| US | US-D896810-S | S1 | 22 Sep 2020 | 26 Jun 2018 | granted | Pencil |
| US | US-D942453-S | S1 | 1 Feb 2022 | 24 Aug 2020 | granted | Pencil |
| US | US-D968407-S | S1 | 1 Nov 2022 | 27 Dec 2021 | granted | Pencil |
| USthis patent | US-D1006023-S | S1 | 28 Nov 2023 | 19 Aug 2022 | granted | Pencil |
| US | US-D1038946-S | S1 | 13 Aug 2024 | 20 Oct 2023 | granted | Pencil |
| US | US-D1087096-S | S1 | 5 Aug 2025 | 13 Jun 2024 | granted | Pencil |
| JP | JP-1631220-S | S | 13 May 2019 | 21 Dec 2018 | granted | no title held |
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
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| CA | CA-185193-S | S | 26 Nov 2019 | 12 Dec 2018 | granted | Pencil |
| TW | TW-D199690-S | S | 11 Sep 2019 | 24 Dec 2018 | published | Pen |
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