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Earphone

Granted 2 May 2017 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: JVCKenwood USA Corporation · originally JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc.

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Inventors: Ayaka Naitou, Masaya Mihara · Examiner: Paula Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/539,722
filed 17 Sep 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D785592
granted 2 May 2017

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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 earphone showing our new design, the unclaimed cord in broken lines is drawn broken away for indeterminate length;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is another front perspective view thereof, showing one earphone body combined with the other earphone body;

FIG. 9 is another front view thereof, showing one earphone body combined with the other earphone body;

FIG. 10 is another rear view thereof, showing one earphone body combined with the other earphone body;

FIG. 11 is another top plan view thereof, showing one earphone body combined with the other earphone body;

FIG. 12 is another bottom plan view thereof, showing one earphone body combined with the other earphone body;

FIG. 13 is another right side view thereof, showing one earphone body combined with the other earphone body;

FIG. 14 is another left side view thereof, showing one earphone body combined with the other earphone body; and,

FIG. 15 is a reference view thereof, showing a state that a woman puts the combined earphones around her neck.

The broken lines in all the drawings depict environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/205

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Pendency
1.6 y
593 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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1
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Examiner
Paula Greene
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USthis patentUS-D785592-SS12 May 201717 Sep 2015grantedEarphone
JPJP-1544500-SS29 Feb 201617 Jun 2015grantedno title held

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