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Granted 6 Dec 2016 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Rico Zörkendörfer, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Christopher J. Stringer +12 · Examiner: Susan Moon Lee · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/527,720
filed 21 May 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D773470
granted 6 Dec 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

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

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a side view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the cover that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/440

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Pendency
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565 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Susan Moon Lee
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Citations: 372 back · 0 forward

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›Other offices — 6 members
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AUAU-335975-SS12 Apr 201117 Mar 2011publishedCover
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CLCL-2011000559-S1S112 Aug 201117 Mar 2011publishedCubierta delgada rectangular de vertices redondeados, superficie frontal y posterior con cuatro resaltes laminares rectangulares horizontales, biselados donde el segundo es de mayor altura; adosado a la artista inferior posee dos cilindros horizontales entre piezas laterales de seccion rectangular convexa y lados menores curvos.es

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