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Case with earphones

Granted 15 Apr 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Clement Tissandier, Rico Zorkendorfer, Marine C. Bataille, Markus Diebel +16 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/955,472
filed 1 Aug 2024
Publication
Not published
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US D1070820
granted 15 Apr 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a case with earphones 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; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case with earphones 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
D14/223D3/274D13/108

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Citations: 236 back · 8 forward

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›IP5 & PCT — 9 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D952609-SS124 May 202217 Jul 2020grantedCase with earphones
USUS-D953739-SS17 Jun 202213 Sep 2019grantedCase
USUS-D956421-SS15 Jul 20223 Nov 2020grantedCase
USUS-D965563-SS14 Oct 202217 Jul 2020grantedCase with earphones
USUS-D976585-SS131 Jan 202317 Jul 2020grantedCase
USUS-D1038085-SS16 Aug 202426 Jan 2023grantedCase with earphones
USthis patentUS-D1070820-SS115 Apr 20251 Aug 2024grantedCase with earphones
JPJP-1667774-SS7 Sep 20209 Mar 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1683333-SS12 Apr 20219 Mar 2020grantedno title held
›Other offices — 9 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-193607-SS21 Feb 20229 Mar 2020grantedCase with earphones
CACA-193606-SS19 Jul 20229 Mar 2020grantedEarphones case
CLCL-2020000594-S1S121 Sep 20209 Mar 2020publishedEstuche de auriculares.es
CLCL-2020000595-S1S121 Sep 20209 Mar 2020publishedEstuche de auriculares.es
CLCL-2021002880-S1S129 Jul 20222 Nov 2021publishedEstuche de auriculares. (divisional solicitud 202000595)es
TWTW-D207887-SS21 Oct 20209 Mar 2020published具有耳機之外殼zh
TWTW-D210342-SS11 Mar 20219 Mar 2020published外殼zh
UAUA-42395-SS25 Sep 20206 Mar 2020publishedФутлярuk
UAUA-42761-SS25 Nov 20206 Mar 2020publishedФутляр для зберігання та заряджання навушниківuk

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