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Case with earphones

Granted 5 Jan 2021 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Marine C. Bataille, Rico Zorkendorfer, Molly Anderson, Richard P. Howarth +16 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/706,555
filed 20 Sep 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D907009
granted 5 Jan 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a case with earphones 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; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

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

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223

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Examiner
Paula Allen Greene
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DOCDB simple family 72322266
Offices
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›IP5 & PCT — 8 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D907009-SS15 Jan 202120 Sep 2019grantedCase with earphones
USUS-D933636-SS119 Oct 20214 Jan 2021grantedCase
USUS-D962643-SS16 Sep 202212 Oct 2021grantedCase
USUS-D994645-SS18 Aug 20232 Sep 2022grantedCase
USUS-D1052560-SS126 Nov 20243 Aug 2023grantedCase with earphones
USUS-D1077780-SS13 Jun 202525 Nov 2024grantedCase
USUS-D1102406-SS118 Nov 20252 Jun 2025grantedCase with earphones
JPJP-1667775-SS7 Sep 20209 Mar 2020grantedno title held
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-193666-SS23 Mar 20229 Mar 2020grantedCase with earphones
CACA-193609-SS19 Jul 20229 Mar 2020grantedEarphones case
TWTW-D207886-SS21 Oct 20209 Mar 2020publishedCase
TWTW-D208781-SS11 Dec 20209 Mar 2020publishedCase with earphones

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