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Enclosure for communications device

Granted 30 Jun 2015 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, David A. Pakula, Richard P. Howarth, Sawyer Issac Cohen +18 · Examiner: Robert M Spear · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/441,670
filed 8 Jan 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D733146
granted 30 Jun 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of an enclosure for communications device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof.

The lines in the Figures which bisect the center of the side surfaces of the component in all views are shade lines and are not boundary lines or surface ornamentation. They may be removed from the drawings without departing from the original disclosure.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/439

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Robert M Spear
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Worldwide family

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D732539-SS123 Jun 201529 May 2012grantedEnclosure for communications device
USthis patentUS-D733146-SS130 Jun 20158 Jan 2013grantedEnclosure for communications device
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-347470-SS7 Mar 201329 Nov 2012publishedComponent for an electronic device
TWTW-D158839-SS11 Feb 201428 Nov 2012publishedHousing for an electronic device

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