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Audio listening system

Granted 7 Feb 2017 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Gregoire Vandenbussche, Christopher Fruhauf, Robert Brunner · Examiner: Paula Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/526,277

filed 7 May 2015

Publication

Not published

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US D778255

granted 7 Feb 2017

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Classifications

155

Citations

155 cites · 0 cited by

Life of the patent

6 dated events

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a front right perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front right perspective view of an audio listening system showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the audio listening system that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for an audio listening system, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/205

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Pendency

1.8 y

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Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

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Examiner

Paula Greene

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Worldwide family

13 members · 5 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D657345-S	S1	10 Apr 2012	3 Jan 2011	granted	Audio listening system
US	US-D696226-S	S1	24 Dec 2013	9 Apr 2012	granted	Audio listening system
US	US-D704163-S	S1	6 May 2014	4 Dec 2013	granted	Audio listening system
US	US-D729198-S	S1	12 May 2015	18 Apr 2014	granted	Audio listening system
USthis patent	US-D778255-S	S1	7 Feb 2017	7 May 2015	granted	Audio listening system
US	US-D832233-S	S1	30 Oct 2018	6 Feb 2017	granted	Audio listening system
US	US-D876389-S	S1	25 Feb 2020	26 Oct 2018	granted	Audio listening system
US	US-D921609-S	S1	8 Jun 2021	6 Feb 2020	granted	Audio listening system
US	US-D935437-S	S1	9 Nov 2021	8 Jun 2021	granted	Audio listening system

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-337852-S	S	27 Jul 2011	1 Jul 2011	published	Audio listening system
BR	BR-DI7103190-S	S	12 Nov 2013	4 Jul 2011	published	Configuração aplicada a um sistema de áudiopt
CA	CA-141133-S	S	24 Jan 2012	27 Jun 2011	granted	Headphones
TW	TW-D160827-S	S	1 Jun 2014	1 Jul 2011	published	A portion of headphones

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