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Electronic device

Granted 6 Mar 2012 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Brett William Degner, Eugene Kim, John M. Brock, Ron Alan Hopkinson +5 · Examiner: Karen E Kearney · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/388,897
filed 4 Apr 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D655296
granted 6 Mar 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective view of an electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/436

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Examiner
Karen E Kearney
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USUS-D637192-SS13 May 201118 Oct 2010grantedElectronic device
USthis patentUS-D655296-SS16 Mar 20124 Apr 2011grantedElectronic device
USUS-D768134-SS14 Oct 201625 Nov 2013grantedElectronic device
›Other offices — 3 members
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AUAU-336886-SS31 May 201114 Apr 2011publishedElectronic device
CACA-140162-SS12 Dec 201113 Apr 2011grantedData storage device
TWTW-D145519-SS21 Feb 201215 Apr 2011publishedStorage medium

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