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Mouse

Granted 16 Jul 2013 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Richard P. Howarth, Bartley K. Andre, Evans Hankey +11 · Examiner: Karen E Kearney · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/402,287
filed 22 Sep 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D686210
granted 16 Jul 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, side perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top, side perspective view of a mouse showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is bottom, side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof, the rear view being identical thereto;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof, the opposite side view being identical thereto;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the mouse and form no part of the claimed design. The light gray shade lines on the surface portions indicate contour and not surface decoration.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/408

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Pendency
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Examiner
Karen E Kearney
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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USUS-D624917-SS15 Oct 201030 Apr 2008grantedMouse
USUS-D648724-SS115 Nov 201113 Oct 2009grantedMouse
USthis patentUS-D686210-SS116 Jul 201322 Sep 2011grantedMouse
USUS-D729246-SS112 May 201511 Jun 2013grantedMouse
USUS-D766243-SS113 Sep 201627 Apr 2015grantedMouse
USUS-D833435-SS113 Nov 20183 Aug 2016grantedMouse
USUS-D857697-SS127 Aug 201911 Oct 2018grantedMouse
USUS-D894187-SS125 Aug 20208 Jul 2019grantedMouse
USUS-D926187-SS127 Jul 20215 Aug 2020grantedMouse
USUS-D945419-SS18 Mar 20223 Jun 2021grantedMouse
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-128382-SS30 Dec 200930 Oct 2008grantedComputer mouse

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