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Case with earphones

Granted 10 Feb 2026 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Robert Boyd, Elvin Chu, Christopher Kuh, Martin Gschwandtl +6 · Examiner: April Rivas · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/951,107
filed 8 Jul 2024
Publication
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US D1112165
granted 10 Feb 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 case with earphones 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.

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

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Claims

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Classifications

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D13/108D14/223D3/274

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USUS-D948213-SS112 Apr 202214 Dec 2020grantedCase
USUS-D980625-SS114 Mar 20238 Apr 2022grantedCase
USUS-D1034541-SS19 Jul 202413 Mar 2023grantedCase with earphones
USthis patentUS-D1112165-SS110 Feb 20268 Jul 2024grantedCase with earphones
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CACA-190078-SS23 Apr 202124 Sep 2019grantedCase
CACA-190079-SS23 Apr 202124 Sep 2019grantedCase with earphones

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