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Earphone

Granted 6 Jan 2026 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jeremy Bataillou, Jonathan P. Ive, Bartley K. Andre, Molly Anderson +17 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/996,188
filed 31 Mar 2025
Publication
Not published
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US D1108398
granted 6 Jan 2026

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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 an earphone showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is another bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is another rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is another top perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is another top perspective view thereof.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures and the faded areas within the dot-dash broken lines show portions of the earphone 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
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Citations: 49 back · 3 forward

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Worldwide family

19 members · 5 offices
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›IP5 & PCT — 14 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D906297-SS129 Dec 202013 Sep 2019grantedPair of earphones
USUS-D907010-SS15 Jan 202110 Jul 2020grantedEarphone
USUS-D928743-SS124 Aug 202110 Jul 2020grantedEarphone
USUS-D928745-SS124 Aug 202131 Dec 2020grantedEarbud
USUS-D929374-SS131 Aug 202110 Jul 2020grantedEarphone
USUS-D961557-SS123 Aug 202223 Aug 2021grantedEarphone
USUS-D977460-SS17 Feb 202322 Aug 2022grantedPair of earphones
USUS-D1032570-SS125 Jun 20243 Feb 2023grantedEarphone
USUS-D1067215-SS118 Mar 202521 Jun 2024grantedEarphone
USUS-D1068742-SS11 Apr 20255 Aug 2024grantedEarphone
USthis patentUS-D1108398-SS16 Jan 202631 Mar 2025grantedEarphone
JPJP-1667777-SS7 Sep 20209 Mar 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1667778-SS7 Sep 20209 Mar 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1667779-SS7 Sep 20209 Mar 2020grantedno title held
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CLCL-2020000596-S1S121 Sep 20209 Mar 2020publishedAuriculares.es
TWTW-D209475-SS21 Jan 20219 Mar 2020published耳機zh
TWTW-D209476-SS21 Jan 20219 Mar 2020published耳機zh
TWTW-D209710-SS1 Feb 20219 Mar 2020published耳機zh
UAUA-42394-SS25 Sep 20206 Mar 2020publishedНавушникиuk

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