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Housing for an electronic device

Granted 7 Aug 2012 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Peter Russell-Clarke, Evans Hankey, Jonathan P. Ive, Daniele De Iuliis +13 · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/411,551
filed 23 Jan 2012
Publication
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US D664994
granted 7 Aug 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front bottom perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front bottom perspective view of a housing for an electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a another side view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the housing for an electronic device which form no part of the claimed design.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/496D14/203.3

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Examiner
Prabhakar Deshmukh
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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›IP5 & PCT — 16 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D638030-SS117 May 201116 Aug 2010grantedElectronic device
USUS-D647106-SS118 Oct 201131 Aug 2010grantedDisplay module for an electronic device
USUS-D647919-SS11 Nov 201131 Aug 2010grantedElectronic device with graphical user interface
USUS-D653675-SS17 Feb 201230 Aug 2010grantedHousing for an electronic device
USUS-D654506-SS121 Feb 201216 May 2011grantedElectronic device
USUS-D659163-SS18 May 201213 Oct 2011grantedDisplay module for an electronic device
USUS-D663320-SS110 Jul 201216 Sep 2011grantedElectronic device with graphical user interface
USthis patentUS-D664994-SS17 Aug 201223 Jan 2012grantedHousing for an electronic device
USUS-D664995-SS17 Aug 201217 Feb 2012grantedElectronic device
USUS-D673975-SS18 Jan 201325 May 2012grantedElectronic device with graphical user interface
USUS-D678336-SS119 Mar 201331 Jul 2012grantedElectronic device
USUS-D690739-SS11 Oct 201315 Mar 2013grantedElectronic device
USUS-D708643-SS18 Jul 20148 Jan 2013grantedElectronic device with graphical user interface
USUS-D711924-SS126 Aug 201426 Sep 2013grantedElectronic device
USUS-D734362-SS114 Jul 20157 Jul 2014grantedElectronic device with graphical user interface
USUS-D739439-SS122 Sep 201525 Aug 2014grantedElectronic device
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-334926-SS1 Feb 20115 Jan 2011publishedElectronic device
CACA-139089-SS8 Sep 20119 Feb 2011grantedPortable electronic multimedia device
TWTW-D145239-S1S11 Feb 201228 Jan 2011publishedHousing for a multi-media device
TWTW-D145245-SS1 Feb 201228 Jan 2011publishedMulti-media device
TWTW-D153057-SS21 Apr 20137 Jan 2011publishedDisplay module for an electronic device
UAUA-22023-SS11 Jul 20116 Jan 2011publishedЕлектронний медіа пристрійuk

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