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Buckle

Granted 27 Jan 2026 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Markus Diebel, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marine C. Bataille +16 · Examiner: W. A. Teddy Falloway · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/960,288
filed 29 Aug 2024
Publication
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US D1110195
granted 27 Jan 2026
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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 buckle showing the claimed design;

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; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D11/216D11/218D2/639D11/220

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D1110195-SS127 Jan 202629 Aug 2024grantedBuckle
JPJP-1821764-SS17 Mar 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
JPJP-1821765-SS17 Mar 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
JPJP-1821847-SS17 Mar 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
JPJP-1821848-SS17 Mar 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
JPJP-1823719-SS7 Apr 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
JPJP-1823785-SS7 Apr 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
JPJP-1823786-SS7 Apr 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
JPJP-1823787-SS7 Apr 202628 Feb 2025grantedバックルja
›Other offices — 11 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-238189-SS3 Feb 202627 Feb 2025grantedBuckle
CACA-238191-SS3 Feb 202627 Feb 2025grantedBuckle
CACA-238192-SS3 Feb 202627 Feb 2025grantedBuckle Component
CACA-238193-SS3 Feb 202627 Feb 2025grantedBuckle
CACA-238194-SS3 Feb 202627 Feb 2025grantedBuckle
TWTW-D241516-SS11 Nov 202527 Feb 2025publishedBuckle
TWTW-D241517-SS11 Nov 202527 Feb 2025publishedBuckle
TWTW-D241518-SS11 Nov 202527 Feb 2025publishedBuckle
TWTW-D243069-SS21 Feb 202627 Feb 2025publishedBuckle
TWTW-D243070-SS21 Feb 202627 Feb 2025published扣件zh
TWTW-D243071-SS21 Feb 202627 Feb 2025published扣件組zh

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