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Key button arrangement for a handset

Granted 28 Dec 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Microsoft Corporation · originally Nokia

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Inventors: Panu Johansson · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/177,164
filed 6 Mar 2003
Publication
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US D500310
granted 28 Dec 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of…

FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of a key button arrangement for a handset showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a second embodiment of the key button arrangement for a handset of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view thereof.

The broken line showings of the remainder of a keypad and the remainder of a handset are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

2 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/247

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Pendency
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Examiner
Jeffrey Asch
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Worldwide family

13 members · 3 offices
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Granted
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D487890-SS130 Mar 20046 Mar 2003grantedFront cover of a handset
USUS-D490390-SS125 May 20046 Mar 2003grantedHandset
USUS-D496927-SS15 Oct 20046 Mar 2003grantedBack cover for a handset
USthis patentUS-D500310-SS128 Dec 20046 Mar 2003grantedKey button arrangement for a handset
›Other offices — 9 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-152265-SS9 Jul 20036 Mar 2003publishedA handset
AUAU-152269-SS9 Jul 20036 Mar 2003publishedA front cover for a handset
AUAU-152576-SS1 Aug 20036 Mar 2003publishedA back cover for a handset
AUAU-152577-SS1 Aug 20036 Mar 2003publishedA handset
CACA-102326-SS31 Aug 20046 Mar 2003grantedBack cover for a handset
CACA-102329-SS31 Aug 20046 Mar 2003grantedHandset
CACA-102330-SS31 Aug 20046 Mar 2003grantedFront cover for a handset
CACA-102331-SS31 Aug 20046 Mar 2003grantedKeypad for a handset
CACA-105803-SS31 Aug 20046 Mar 2003grantedHandset

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