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Electronic device

Granted 2 Dec 2008 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Shin Nishibori, Jonathan P. Ive, Bartley K. Andre +10 · Examiner: Cathron C Brooks · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/282,834
filed 30 Jul 2007
Publication
Not published
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US D581922
granted 2 Dec 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an electronic device in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof.

The broken lines showing portions of the electronic device form no part of the claimed design. The dot dash line on the front of the electronic device represents an unclaimed boundary line and forms no part of the claimed design.

The surfaces of the electronic device are illustrated with color designations. The front surface includes a black interior portion excluding the rectangular feature (e.g., display region) and a metallic edge portion. By way of example, the metallic portions may be selected from steel, aluminum, anodized aluminum, chrome, nickel, and/or the like.

More generally, the invention pertains to an ornamental design for an article of manufacture. The article is not limited to the scale shown herein. As indicated in the title, the article of manufacture to which the ornamental design has been applied is an electronic device, media player (e.g., music, video and/or game player), media storage device, a personal digital assistant, a communication device (e.g., cellular phone), a novelty item, or toy, and/or the like.

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Claims

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Classifications

4 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341D14/203.7D14/138.GD14/248

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Pendency
1.3 y
491 days filing → grant
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1
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Responses
2
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Interviews
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Examiner
Cathron C Brooks
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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USUS-D558758-SS11 Jan 20085 Jan 2007grantedElectronic device
USthis patentUS-D581922-SS12 Dec 200830 Jul 2007grantedElectronic device
USUS-D618677-SS129 Jun 201018 Nov 2008grantedElectronic device
USUS-D698352-SS128 Jan 201425 Jun 2010grantedElectronic device
USUS-D834013-SS120 Nov 201824 Jan 2014grantedElectronic device
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›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-315640-SS13 Aug 200731 May 2007publishedElectronic device
CACA-121234-SS23 Oct 200927 Jun 2007grantedPortable electronic multi-media communication device

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