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Earbud

Granted 4 Nov 2025 · no office action yet

Application
29/997,323
filed 7 Apr 2025
Publication
Not published
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US D1100886
granted 4 Nov 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, right-side perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front, right-side perspective view of an earbud showing the new design, the mirror image earbud is evident from the earbud shown;

FIG. 2 is a front, left-side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back, left-side perspective thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof.

The dashed broken lines depict portions of the earbud 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
D14/223

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Examiner
Paula Allen Greene
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
Citations: 42 back · 2 forward

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D954684-SS114 Jun 202226 May 2020grantedEarbud
USUS-D975065-SS110 Jan 20234 May 2022grantedEarbud
USUS-D994646-SS18 Aug 202315 Nov 2022grantedWingtip portion of an earbud
USUS-D1051104-SS112 Nov 202420 Jun 2023grantedEarbud
USUS-D1073649-SS16 May 20252 Oct 2024grantedEarbud
USthis patentUS-D1100886-SS14 Nov 20257 Apr 2025grantedEarbud
JPJP-1685720-SS24 May 202120 Nov 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1685741-SS24 May 202120 Nov 2020grantedno title held
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-199339-SS16 Sep 202213 Nov 2020grantedEarbud
CACA-199340-SS16 Sep 202213 Nov 2020grantedEarbud

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