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Case for mobile communications device or the like

Granted 11 Mar 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jeremy Bataillou, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jody Akana +11 · Examiner: Carla J Wright · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/756,078
filed 26 Oct 2020
Publication
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US D1066314
granted 11 Mar 2025

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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 case for mobile communications device or the like showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof.

The shade lines in the figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case that 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
D14/250

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Examiner
Carla J Wright
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Citations: 78 back · 2 forward

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D671930-SS14 Dec 20125 Jun 2010grantedCover
USUS-D706255-SS13 Jun 20144 Dec 2012grantedCover
USUS-D787490-SS123 May 201730 May 2014grantedCase for mobile communications device
USUS-D900080-SS127 Oct 202022 May 2017grantedCase for mobile communications device or the like
USthis patentUS-D1066314-SS111 Mar 202526 Oct 2020grantedCase for mobile communications device or the like
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-334901-SS1 Feb 201127 Oct 2010publishedCover for an electronic device
CACA-138041-SS13 Sep 201122 Nov 2010grantedCover for electronic device
TWTW-D147558-SS11 Jun 201225 Nov 2010publishedCover for multimedia device

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