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Electronic device

Granted 23 Jul 2019 · 6 office actions

Current assignee: Square, Inc. · originally Block, Inc.

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Inventors: Yenliang Chen · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/637,763
filed 21 Feb 2018
Publication
Not published
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Patent· this page
US D854612
granted 23 Jul 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a first front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a first front perspective view of the electronic device;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left-side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a second front perspective view thereof.

The additional broken lines in FIG. 8 showing the cord and the upright transaction terminal depict environmental structure only and form no part of the claim, while all other broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

The unshaded surfaces seen inside the card slot are not claimed.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/4.6

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Pendency
1.4 y
517 days filing → grant
Office actions
3
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Interviews
1
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Examiner
Susan Bennett Hattan
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Worldwide family

4 members · 3 offices
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4
DOCDB simple family 61008528
Offices
3
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Granted
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D812130-SS16 Mar 201828 Oct 2016grantedElectronic device
USthis patentUS-D854612-SS123 Jul 201921 Feb 2018grantedElectronic device
JPJP-1596060-SS29 Jan 201828 Apr 2017grantedno title held
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-174468-SS11 Dec 201828 Apr 2017grantedPoint of sale device

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