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Granted 10 Feb 2026 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jeremy Bataillou, Duncan Robert Kerr, Markus Diebel, Shota Aoyagi +17 · Examiner: George A Bugg · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/996,158
filed 31 Mar 2025
Publication
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US D1112216
granted 10 Feb 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a keyboard 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; and,

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the portion encircled in FIG. 1 .

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/392

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