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Case for an electronic device

Granted 17 Feb 2026 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jody Akana, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Duncan Robert Kerr, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury +17 · Examiner: Carla J Wright · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/851,494
filed 29 Aug 2022
Publication
Not published
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US D1113893
granted 17 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 for an electronic device 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 for an electronic device 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
D14/250

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Examiner
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D962214-SS130 Aug 20225 Aug 2020grantedCase for an electronic device
USthis patentUS-D1113893-SS117 Feb 202629 Aug 2022grantedCase for an electronic device
JPJP-1703257-SS27 Dec 20215 Feb 2021grantedno title held
JPJP-1703258-SS27 Dec 20215 Feb 2021grantedno title held
JPJP-1713116-SS20 Apr 20225 Feb 2021granted電子機器用ケースja
JPJP-1713117-SS20 Apr 20225 Feb 2021granted電子機器用ケースja
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-201114-SS17 Jun 20224 Feb 2021grantedCase for an electronic device
CACA-201115-SS17 Jun 20224 Feb 2021grantedCase for an electronic device
CACA-201116-SS17 Jun 20224 Feb 2021grantedCase for an electronic device
TWTW-D216723-SS21 Jan 20225 Feb 2021publishedCase for an electronic device
TWTW-D216724-SS21 Jan 20225 Feb 2021publishedCase for an electronic device
TWTW-D216725-SS21 Jan 20225 Feb 2021published電子裝置之保護殼zh

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