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Connector

Granted 12 Dec 2023 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: M. Evans Hankey, Bartley K. Andre, Daniele De Iuliis, Matthew Dean Rohrbach +12 · Examiner: Darcey E Gottschalk · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/849,067
filed 8 Aug 2022
Publication
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US D1007439
granted 12 Dec 2023
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Description

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›The file of this patent contains at least…

The file of this patent contains at least one drawing/photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawing(s)/photograph(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

The FIGURE is a front view of a connector showing the claimed design.

The dashed broken lines in the FIGURE show portions of the connector that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the FIGURE show boundaries that form no part of the claimed design.

The areas between the dashed broken lines and the dot-dash broken lines in the FIGURE show portions of the connector that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/147

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