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Key button arrangement for a handset

Granted 19 Oct 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: HMD Global Oy · originally Nokia

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Inventors: Alastair Curtis, Andrea Finke-Anlauff, Andrew Gartrell · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/200,071

filed 24 Feb 2004

Publication

Not published

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US D497361

granted 19 Oct 2004

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a key button arrangement for a handset showing our new design; and,

FIG. 2 is a perspective front view thereof.

The broken line showing of the remainder of the handset is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

2 codes

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/247

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0.7 y

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Examiner

Jeffrey Asch

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8 members · 3 offices

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DOCDB simple family 31494064

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6 of 8

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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D487066-S	S1	24 Feb 2004	9 Sep 2002	granted	Handset
US	US-D497354-S	S1	19 Oct 2004	24 Feb 2004	granted	Body shape of a handset
USthis patent	US-D497361-S	S1	19 Oct 2004	24 Feb 2004	granted	Key button arrangement for a handset
US	US-D497614-S	S1	26 Oct 2004	24 Feb 2004	granted	Function key region of a handset

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-152311-S	S	10 Jul 2003	7 Mar 2003	published	A handset
AU	AU-152919-S	S	25 Aug 2003	7 Mar 2003	published	A handset
CA	CA-102362-S	S	2 Jun 2004	10 Mar 2003	granted	Handset
CA	CA-102364-S	S	2 Jun 2004	10 Mar 2003	granted	Handset

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