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Granted 4 Dec 2012 · 2 office actions

Application
29/363,175
filed 5 Jun 2010
Publication
Not published
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US D671930
granted 4 Dec 2012

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Description

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›Examples of a device that may be used…

Examples of a device that may be used with the present invention may be found in U.S. application Ser. Nos. 29/360,036 and 29/360,110.

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof.

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

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the cover which form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250

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913 days filing → grant
Office actions
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Responses
3
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Examiner
Carla Jobe Wright
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D671930-SS14 Dec 20125 Jun 2010grantedCover
USUS-D706255-SS13 Jun 20144 Dec 2012grantedCover
USUS-D787490-SS123 May 201730 May 2014grantedCase for mobile communications device
USUS-D900080-SS127 Oct 202022 May 2017grantedCase for mobile communications device or the like
USUS-D1066314-SS111 Mar 202526 Oct 2020grantedCase for mobile communications device or the like
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-334901-SS1 Feb 201127 Oct 2010publishedCover for an electronic device
CACA-138041-SS13 Sep 201122 Nov 2010grantedCover for electronic device
TWTW-D147558-SS11 Jun 201225 Nov 2010publishedCover for multimedia device

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