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Band

Granted 17 Feb 2026 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Marine C. Bataille, Jonathan P. Ive, Jody Akana +20 · Examiner: Melanie Pellegrini · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/926,207
filed 29 Jan 2024
Publication
Not published
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US D1113538
granted 17 Feb 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 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;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof showing the band in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in the figures show environment that form no part of the claimed design.

The figures are illustrated to show contrasting appearance. Areas of the band that appear in different shades of gray represent areas with contrasting appearances.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D11/3

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USUS-D821246-SS126 Jun 201826 Aug 2016grantedBand
USUS-D938849-SS121 Dec 202125 Jun 2018grantedBand
USUS-D938850-SS121 Dec 202125 Jun 2018grantedBand
USUS-D1012751-SS130 Jan 202420 Jul 2021grantedBand
USthis patentUS-D1113538-SS117 Feb 202629 Jan 2024grantedBand
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201710656-SS22 Feb 20176 Feb 2017publishedBand
CACA-172888-SS29 Jan 20181 Feb 2017grantedBand for wearable device
TWTW-D187313-SS21 Dec 20178 Feb 2017publishedBand

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