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Granted 3 Jun 2014 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Daniele De Iuliis, Eugene Antony Whang, Jonathan P. Ive, Shin Nishibori +11 · Examiner: Carla Jobe Wright · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/438,866
filed 4 Dec 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D706255
granted 3 Jun 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

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 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 solid line that forms the claimed innermost edge of the front of the cover and the solid line that forms the claimed innermost edge of the rear of the cover are boundaries of the claimed design. All surfaces and broken lines on the interior of the cover that are between these two solid lines form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines on the exterior of the cover that form the outermost edges of the openings represent boundaries of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design. All other broken lines on the exterior of the cover depict unclaimed environment and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250

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Pendency
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546 days filing → grant
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2
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Responses
2
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Interviews
2
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Examiner
Carla Jobe Wright
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
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USUS-D671930-SS14 Dec 20125 Jun 2010grantedCover
USthis patentUS-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
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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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