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Granted 7 Jul 2020 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Richard P. Howarth, Christopher J. Stringer, Shota Aoyagi, Matthew Dean Rohrbach +12 · Examiner: Holly E Thurman · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/645,886
filed 30 Apr 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D889474
granted 7 Jul 2020

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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 showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 9 is a bottom front perspective view of another embodiment of a case showing the claimed design;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 16 - 16 in FIG. 10 .

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the case that form no part of the claimed design.

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

The cross-hatched shading in FIGS. 8 and 16 forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/440

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Pendency
2.2 y
799 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
Holly E Thurman
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
Citations: 78 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

8 members · 4 offices
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8
DOCDB simple family 52012989
Offices
4
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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D735205-SS128 Jul 201522 Oct 2013grantedCase
USUS-D816677-SS11 May 201827 Jul 2015grantedCase
USthis patentUS-D889474-SS17 Jul 202030 Apr 2018grantedCase
USUS-D1006026-SS128 Nov 20236 Jul 2020grantedCase
JPJP-1517990-SS23 Feb 20158 Apr 2014grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-355445-SS14 May 201414 Apr 2014publishedCase
AUAU-355446-SS14 May 201414 Apr 2014publishedCase
CACA-155927-SS20 Nov 20143 Apr 2014grantedCase for portable display device

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