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Band

Granted 30 Jan 2024 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Sung-Ho Tan, Peter Russell-Clarke +20 · Examiner: Melanie Pellegrini · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/800,251
filed 20 Jul 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D1012751
granted 30 Jan 2024

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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 band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a another perspective view thereof showing the band in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in FIG. 9 show environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D11/3

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Worldwide family

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USUS-D821246-SS126 Jun 201826 Aug 2016grantedBand
USUS-D938849-SS121 Dec 202125 Jun 2018grantedBand
USUS-D938850-SS121 Dec 202125 Jun 2018grantedBand
USthis patentUS-D1012751-SS130 Jan 202420 Jul 2021grantedBand
USUS-D1113538-SS117 Feb 202629 Jan 2024grantedBand
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201710656-SS22 Feb 20176 Feb 2017publishedBand
CACA-172888-SS29 Jan 20181 Feb 2017grantedBand for wearable device
TWTW-D187313-SS21 Dec 20178 Feb 2017publishedBand

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