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Earpiece

Granted 9 Aug 2016 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Bank of America Corporation · originally Bose Corporation

Inventors: Kevin P. Annunziato, Eric M. Wallace, Michael Monahan, Ryan C. Silvestri · Examiner: Paula Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/522,292

filed 30 Mar 2015

Publication

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US D763224

granted 9 Aug 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right side view of…

FIG. 1 is a right side view of an earpiece;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof as seen from the back, top and left side;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for an earpiece, substantially as shown and described.

Classifications

2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/205D14/223

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Pendency

1.4 y

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Examiner

Paula Greene

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Worldwide family

30 members · 7 offices

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DOCDB simple family 46601937

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US · EP · JP · CN · WO

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›IP5 & PCT — 28 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-2013230204-A1	A1	5 Sep 2013	28 Jul 2011	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-8737669-B2	B2	27 May 2014	28 Jul 2011	granted	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-2014241563-A1	A1	28 Aug 2014	8 May 2014	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-9398364-B2	B2	19 Jul 2016	8 May 2014	granted	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
USthis patent	US-D763224-S	S1	9 Aug 2016	30 Mar 2015	granted	Earpiece
US	US-2016241946-A1	A1	18 Aug 2016	25 Apr 2016	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-10334344-B2	B2	25 Jun 2019	25 Apr 2016	granted	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-2019253782-A1	A1	15 Aug 2019	1 Feb 2019	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-2020014995-A1	A1	9 Jan 2020	24 Jun 2019	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-11218792-B2	B2	4 Jan 2022	1 Feb 2019	granted	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-11234065-B2	B2	25 Jan 2022	24 Jun 2019	granted	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-2022201378-A1	A1	23 Jun 2022	13 Dec 2021	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-11889254-B2	B2	30 Jan 2024	13 Dec 2021	granted	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-2024205581-A1	A1	20 Jun 2024	20 Dec 2023	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-12389151-B2	B2	12 Aug 2025	20 Dec 2023	granted	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
US	US-2026025611-A1	A1	22 Jan 2026	30 Jul 2025	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating
EP	EP-2737720-A2	A2	4 Jun 2014	24 Jul 2012	published	Passive rauschdämpfung bei einem kopfhörerde
EP	EP-2737720-B1	B1	14 Apr 2021	24 Jul 2012	granted	Passive rauschdämpfung bei einem kopfhörerde
EP	EP-3852386-A1	A1	21 Jul 2021	24 Jul 2012	published	Écouteur pour un écouteur intra-auriculairefr
JP	JP-2014524219-A	A	18 Sep 2014	24 Jul 2012	published	イヤーピースパッシブノイズ減衰ja
JP	JP-2016048931-A	A	7 Apr 2016	28 Oct 2015	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuation
JP	JP-5934358-B2	B2	15 Jun 2016	24 Jul 2012	granted	イヤーピースパッシブノイズ減衰ja
JP	JP-6037483-B2	B2	7 Dec 2016	28 Oct 2015	granted	イヤーピースパッシブノイズ減衰ja
CN	CN-103733640-A	A	16 Apr 2014	24 Jul 2012	published	耳机被动噪声衰减zh
CN	CN-107277658-A	A	20 Oct 2017	24 Jul 2012	published	Earphone passive Noise decays
CN	CN-107277658-B	B	19 Jul 2019	24 Jul 2012	granted	提供被动噪声衰减的耳机zh
WO	WO-2013016336-A2	A2	31 Jan 2013	24 Jul 2012	published	Écouteur pour atténuation passive du bruitfr
WO	WO-2013016336-A3	A3	11 Jul 2013	24 Jul 2012	published	Écouteur pour atténuation passive du bruitfr

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
HK	HK-1245549-A1	A1	24 Aug 2018	31 Jul 2014	published	Earpiece for providing passive noise attenuation
MY	MY-170860-A	A	11 Sep 2019	24 Jul 2012	published	Earpiece passive noise attenuating

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