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Charging module

Granted 4 Feb 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Marine C. Bataille, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Clement Tissandier, Jody Akana +17 · Examiner: Christy Nemeth · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/818,038
filed 6 Dec 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D1060233
granted 4 Feb 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a charging module showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear view thereof.

The faded areas show portions of the charging module that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines denote the boundary of the claim and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/108

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Examiner
Christy Nemeth
art unit 2922 · TC 2900
Citations: 88 back · 15 forward

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D937764-SS17 Dec 202131 Jul 2020grantedCharging module
USthis patentUS-D1060233-SS14 Feb 20256 Dec 2021grantedCharging module
USUS-D1118514-SS117 Mar 20263 Feb 2025grantedCharging module
JPJP-1685814-SS6 Sep 202129 Jan 2021grantedno title held
JPJP-1697659-SS18 Oct 202129 Jan 2021grantedno title held
JPJP-1697718-SS18 Oct 202129 Jan 2021grantedno title held
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-200889-SS3 Oct 202228 Jan 2021grantedCharging module for electronic device
CACA-200890-SS3 Oct 202228 Jan 2021grantedCharging module for electronic device
TWTW-D217255-SS21 Feb 202229 Jan 2021publishedCharging module
TWTW-D219255-SS11 Jun 202229 Jan 2021publishedCharging module

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