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Keyboard

Granted 21 May 2024 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, M. Evans Hankey, Bartley K. Andre +17 · Examiner: Kathleen L Jones · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/863,013
filed 14 Dec 2022
Publication
Not published
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US D1027950
granted 21 May 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 keyboard showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the portion encircled in FIG. 1 .

The broken lines depict portions of the keyboard which form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dot-dash broken lines depict an area of enlargement.

The claimed design is directed to the portions illustrated in solid lines. The entirety of the portion between the outer solid line in the top view and the next interior solid line, including the portions illustrated in broken lines and the spaces between, 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
D14/392

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Examiner
Kathleen L Jones
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USUS-D976906-SS131 Jan 202329 Oct 2020grantedKeyboard
USthis patentUS-D1027950-SS121 May 202414 Dec 2022grantedKeyboard
USUS-D1072815-SS129 Apr 202512 Mar 2024grantedKeyboard
USUS-D1112216-SS110 Feb 202631 Mar 2025grantedKeyboard
JPJP-1699562-SS15 Nov 202130 Apr 2021grantedno title held
JPJP-1699563-SS15 Nov 202130 Apr 2021grantedno title held
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