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Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Markus Diebel, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Richard P. Howarth, Joe Sung-Ho Tan +16 · Examiner: Kevin K Rudzinski · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/918,284
filed 27 Nov 2023
Publication
Not published
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US D1084658
granted 22 Jul 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 case showing the claimed design in a closed configuration;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top front perspective view of a case showing the claimed design in an open configuration;

FIG. 10 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom view thereof.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the case that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries 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
D03/274

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Pendency
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Examiner
Kevin K Rudzinski
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
Citations: 13 back · 2 forward

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Worldwide family

14 members · 5 offices
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Offices
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Non-English titles
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›IP5 & PCT — 9 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D945144-SS18 Mar 20223 Aug 2020grantedCase
USUS-D1005669-SS128 Nov 20237 Mar 2022grantedCase with headphones
USthis patentUS-D1084658-SS122 Jul 202527 Nov 2023grantedCase
USUS-D1109524-SS120 Jan 202621 Jul 2025grantedCase
JPJP-1684997-SS10 May 202116 Oct 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1692382-SS16 Aug 202116 Oct 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1702380-SS20 Dec 202116 Oct 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1702494-SS20 Dec 202116 Oct 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1702495-SS20 Dec 202116 Oct 2020grantedno title held
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-198777-SS21 Feb 202216 Oct 2020grantedCase for headphones
CACA-198778-SS21 Feb 202216 Oct 2020grantedCase for headphones
TWTW-D213462-SS21 Aug 202116 Oct 2020published耳機之盒zh
TWTW-D213463-SS21 Aug 202116 Oct 2020published耳機之盒zh
UAUA-43648-SS29 Apr 202116 Oct 2020publishedФутлярuk

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