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Electronic device

Granted 29 Jun 2010 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Duncan Robert Kerr, Daniel J. Coster, Douglas B. Satzger, Shin Nishibori +10 · Examiner: Cathron C Brooks · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/332,683
filed 23 Feb 2009
Publication
Not published
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US D618678
granted 29 Jun 2010

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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 of the electronic device of FIG. 1 ;

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.

As indicated above, the article of manufacture is an electronic device. Examples of an electronic device are a computer, a portable or hand-held 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).

The broken lines show portions of the electronic device which form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341

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Pendency
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491 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
1
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Examiner
Cathron C Brooks
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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Worldwide family

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D580387-SS111 Nov 20085 Jan 2007grantedElectronic device
USthis patentUS-D618678-SS129 Jun 201023 Feb 2009grantedElectronic device
USUS-D634319-SS115 Mar 201121 Jun 2010grantedElectronic device
USUS-D672769-SS118 Dec 20124 Oct 2011grantedElectronic device
USUS-D704701-SS113 May 201414 Sep 2012grantedElectronic device
USUS-D789926-SS120 Jun 20173 Feb 2016grantedElectronic device
USUS-D809501-SS16 Feb 20189 May 2014grantedElectronic device
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-315639-SS13 Aug 200731 May 2007publishedElectronic device
CACA-121235-SS23 Oct 200927 Jun 2007grantedPortable electronic multi-media communication device
TWTW-D126994-S1S111 Jan 20093 Jul 2007publishedPortable information terminal

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