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Microphone

Granted 30 Apr 2024 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Audio-Technica

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Inventors: Takashi Murata · Examiner: Messina L Smith · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/793,359
filed 28 Apr 2022
Publication
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US D1025028
granted 30 Apr 2024

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a microphone;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the microphone, a rear elevational view of the microphone being mirror-symmetrical to the front elevational view;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the microphone;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the microphone;

FIG. 5 is a right-side elevational view of the microphone, a left-side elevational view of the microphone being mirror-symmetrical to the right side elevational view; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the microphone taken in the direction of line 6 - 6 of FIG. 2 .

The evenly dashed broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the microphone that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines in the drawings depict the bounds of the claim and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/225

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Messina L Smith
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USthis patentUS-D1025028-SS130 Apr 202428 Apr 2022grantedMicrophone
JPJP-1711685-SS4 Apr 202229 Oct 2021grantedマイクロホンja

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