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Connector

Granted 15 May 2018 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Daniel J. Coster, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Jeremy Bataillou, Richard P. Howarth +16 · Examiner: Daniel Bui · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/601,254
filed 20 Apr 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D817889
granted 15 May 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

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

FIG. 2 is another perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof, the rear view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being identical;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof.

The dashed broken lines represent structure or features that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines on the cable portion represent indeterminate length.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/147

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Pendency
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Responses
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Examiner
Daniel Bui
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Granted
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D788041-SS130 May 20178 Mar 2015grantedConnector
USthis patentUS-D817889-SS115 May 201820 Apr 2017grantedConnector
USUS-D843948-SS126 Mar 20199 Apr 2018grantedConnector
USUS-D928715-SS124 Aug 202129 Jan 2019grantedConnector
JPJP-1546185-SS22 Mar 20164 Sep 2015grantedno title held
JPJP-1555319-SS1 Aug 20164 Sep 2015grantedno title held
JPJP-1556801-SS22 Aug 20164 Sep 2015grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
TWTW-D174896-SS11 Apr 20168 Sep 2015publishedPortion of a connector
TWTW-D174897-SS11 Apr 20168 Sep 2015publishedPortion of a connector
TWTW-D174898-SS11 Apr 20168 Sep 2015publishedPortion of a connector

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