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Case for mobile communications device

Granted 23 May 2017 · 4 office actions

Application
29/492,404
filed 30 May 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D787490
granted 23 May 2017

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a case for mobile communications device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof.

The solid line that forms the innermost edge of the front of the case and the solid line that forms the innermost edge of the rear of the case are boundaries of the claimed design and are part of the claimed design. All surfaces on the interior of the case that are between these two solid line boundaries form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines on the exterior of the case that represent through holes are boundaries of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design. All other broken lines on the exterior and interior of the case depict environmental subject matter 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
D14/250

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Pendency
3.0 y
1,089 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
non-final + final
Responses
5
no RCE
Examiner
Carla Jobe Wright
art unit 2917 · TC 2900
Citations: 39 back · 0 forward

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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D671930-SS14 Dec 20125 Jun 2010grantedCover
USUS-D706255-SS13 Jun 20144 Dec 2012grantedCover
USthis patentUS-D787490-SS123 May 201730 May 2014grantedCase for mobile communications device
USUS-D900080-SS127 Oct 202022 May 2017grantedCase for mobile communications device or the like
USUS-D1066314-SS111 Mar 202526 Oct 2020grantedCase for mobile communications device or the like
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-334901-SS1 Feb 201127 Oct 2010publishedCover for an electronic device
CACA-138041-SS13 Sep 201122 Nov 2010grantedCover for electronic device
TWTW-D147558-SS11 Jun 201225 Nov 2010publishedCover for multimedia device

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