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Adapter

Granted 24 Sep 2019 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Julian Hoenig, Daniele De Iuliis, Duncan Robert Kerr +14 · Examiner: Rhea Shields · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/574,361
filed 15 Aug 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D860952
granted 24 Sep 2019

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Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an adapter in a first state showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a 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;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view thereof in a second state;

FIG. 10 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom view thereof.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures and the areas within the dot-dash broken lines show portions of the adapter that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/147D13/137.1

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Pendency
3.1 y
1,135 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
Rhea Shields
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
Citations: 70 back · 0 forward

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