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Case for electronic communication device

Granted 14 May 2019 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Daniel J. Coster, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Rico Zorkendorfer +16 · Examiner: Susan E Krakower · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/538,816
filed 8 Sep 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D848408
granted 14 May 2019

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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 electronic communication device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged top plan view of the encircled region in FIG. 2 ; and,

FIG. 11 is an enlarged detail view taken from the encircled region in FIG. 2 .

The dashed broken lines in the figures represent environmental subject matter, and form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines are included in FIGS. 2, 10, and 11 to delineate the portion of the case for electronic communication device shown in an enlarged scale in FIGS. 10 and 11 .

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250

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3.7 y
1,344 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Susan E Krakower
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4 members · 3 offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D848408-SS114 May 20198 Sep 2015grantedCase for electronic communication device
USUS-D989056-SS113 Jun 202313 May 2019grantedCase for electronic communication device
JPJP-1563518-SS21 Nov 20167 Mar 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 1 members
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TWTW-D183409-SS1 Jun 20174 Mar 2016publishedPortion of a case for an electronic device

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