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Packaging with a band

Granted 5 Aug 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Kevin Scott Fetterman, Alissa Anderson, Margaret Madigan Burke, Jonathan Berk +1 · Examiner: W. A. Teddy Falloway · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/817,969
filed 6 Dec 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D1086889
granted 5 Aug 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 first embodiment of packaging with a band 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;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top front perspective view of a second embodiment of packaging with a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a top front perspective view of a third embodiment of packaging with a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 18 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 24 is a bottom perspective view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the packaging with a band that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/721

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Examiner
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D778161-SS17 Feb 20179 Mar 2015grantedPackaging
USUS-D832103-SS130 Oct 20186 Feb 2017grantedPackaging
USUS-D856147-SS113 Aug 201926 Oct 2018grantedPackaging
USUS-D872578-SS114 Jan 20209 Jul 2019grantedPackaging
USUS-D893314-SS118 Aug 202010 Jan 2020grantedPackaging with a band
USUS-D937686-SS17 Dec 202114 Aug 2020grantedPackaging with a band
USthis patentUS-D1086889-SS15 Aug 20256 Dec 2021grantedPackaging with a band
JPJP-1547193-SS4 Apr 20169 Sep 2015grantedno title held
JPJP-1547194-SS4 Apr 20169 Sep 2015grantedno title held
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-364450-SS25 Sep 20159 Sep 2015publishedPackaging
AUAU-364451-SS25 Sep 20159 Sep 2015publishedPackaging
CACA-164327-SS19 Apr 20169 Sep 2015grantedPackaging
CACA-164328-SS20 Apr 20169 Sep 2015grantedPackaging

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