USPatentGranted
S1

Case for an electronic device

Granted 29 Oct 2024 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Eugene Antony Whang, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Clement Tissandier, Markus Diebel +17 · Examiner: L. A. Grabenstetter · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/867,937
filed 14 Nov 2022
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D1049086
granted 29 Oct 2024

Life of the patent

4 dated events
⤢ drag to zoom20222024202620282030203220342036203820402042ProsecutionTerm & fees
ProsecutionTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a case for an electronic device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case for an electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250D13/103

Claim changes

Soon
Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

⤢ drag to zoomOct 2022Jan 2023Apr 2023Jul 2023Oct 2023Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024USPTOApplicantNotice of allowance
USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open
Pendency
2.0 y
715 days filing → grant
Office actions
0
none on record
Examiner
L. A. Grabenstetter
art unit 2922 · TC 2900
Citations: 82 back · 6 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Log in to unlock

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Log in to unlock

Worldwide family

10 members · 4 offices
US4JP3CA1TW2
this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open
Members
10
DOCDB simple family 67038462
Offices
4
US · JP
Granted
8 of 10
grant date present
›IP5 & PCT — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D926739-SS13 Aug 20212 Jul 2018grantedCase for an electronic device
USUS-D969790-SS115 Nov 202225 Jan 2019grantedCase for an electronic device
USthis patentUS-D1049086-SS129 Oct 202414 Nov 2022grantedCase for an electronic device
USUS-D1120916-SS131 Mar 202621 Oct 2024grantedCase for an electronic device
JPJP-1635430-SS1 Jul 20194 Jan 2019grantedno title held
JPJP-1635431-SS1 Jul 20194 Jan 2019grantedno title held
JPJP-1635432-SS1 Jul 20194 Jan 2019grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-185439-SS20 Dec 201928 Dec 2018grantedCase for an electronic device
TWTW-D199100-SS11 Aug 201928 Dec 2018publishedCase for an electronic device
TWTW-D199101-SS11 Aug 201928 Dec 2018publishedCase for an electronic device

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Log in to unlock

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.

Log in to unlock