Keyboard
Granted 6 Jun 2017 · no office action yet
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Inventors: Mikael Silvanto, Bartley K. Andre, Richard P. Howarth, Eugene Antony Whang +16 · Examiner: Freda S Nunn · AU 2916 · TC 2900
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1 parts›U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/538,661 filed Sep…
U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/538,661 filed Sep. 4, 2015 is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference thereto.
FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a keyboard showing the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.
The broken lines in the figures show portions of the keyboard that form no part of the claimed design.
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12 members · 5 offices›IP5 & PCT — 9 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USthis patent | US-D788784-S | S1 | 6 Jun 2017 | 21 Mar 2016 | granted | Keyboard |
| US | US-D834586-S | S1 | 27 Nov 2018 | 5 Jun 2017 | granted | Keyboard |
| US | US-D880488-S | S1 | 7 Apr 2020 | 26 Nov 2018 | granted | Keyboard |
| US | US-D897352-S | S1 | 29 Sep 2020 | 6 Apr 2020 | granted | Keyboard |
| US | US-D923633-S | S1 | 29 Jun 2021 | 28 Sep 2020 | granted | Keyboard |
| US | US-D995537-S | S1 | 15 Aug 2023 | 28 Jun 2021 | granted | Cover |
| US | US-D1025084-S | S1 | 30 Apr 2024 | 10 May 2023 | granted | Cover |
| US | US-D1071948-S | S1 | 22 Apr 2025 | 29 Apr 2024 | granted | Cover |
| JP | JP-1574926-S | S | 24 Apr 2017 | 29 Aug 2016 | granted | no title held |
›Other offices — 3 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU | AU-201614764-S | S | 14 Oct 2016 | 30 Aug 2016 | published | Cover |
| CA | CA-170132-S | S | 14 Jul 2017 | 24 Aug 2016 | granted | Cover with keyboard |
| TW | TW-D185980-S | S | 11 Oct 2017 | 24 Aug 2016 | published | Cover |
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