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Front cover portion of a handset

Granted 10 Jul 2007 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Microsoft Corporation · originally Nokia

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Inventors: Shiho Nakajima, Robert Shepherd · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/207,323
filed 14 Jun 2004
Publication
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US D546324
granted 10 Jul 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom view of a…

FIG. 1 is a bottom view of a front cover portion of a handset showing my new design in isolation;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a perspective front view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the front cover portion of a handset showing my new design illustrating the front cover within an environment of a remainder of a handset;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a perspective front view thereof.

The broken line showing of the remainder of the handset in FIGS. 7–12 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/248

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D546324-SS110 Jul 200714 Jun 2004grantedFront cover portion of a handset
USUS-D564503-SS118 Mar 20082 Apr 2007grantedSet of key buttons for a handset
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-302178-SS29 Jun 200513 Dec 2004publishedA front cover for a handset
CACA-109381-SS28 Feb 200613 Dec 2004grantedFront cover for a handset
TWTW-D108497-S1S121 Dec 200513 Dec 2004publishedFront cover for a handset

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