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Earphone

Granted 13 Apr 2021 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Sean Stewart Corbin, Robert Brunner, Guillaume Raoult, Duy P. Le +2 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/721,503
filed 21 Jan 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D916056
granted 13 Apr 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 an earphone showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom front 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; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphone 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
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Worldwide family

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›IP5 & PCT — 12 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D897320-SS129 Sep 202025 Mar 2019grantedPair of earphones
USthis patentUS-D916056-SS113 Apr 202121 Jan 2020grantedEarphone
USUS-D916057-SS113 Apr 202121 Jan 2020grantedEarphone
USUS-D942971-SS18 Feb 202231 Mar 2021grantedEarphone
USUS-D964324-SS120 Sep 20227 Feb 2022grantedEarphone
USUS-D990458-SS127 Jun 202315 Sep 2022grantedEarphone
USUS-D1021867-SS19 Apr 20248 Jun 2023grantedEarphone
USUS-D1068741-SS11 Apr 20255 Apr 2024grantedEarphone
USUS-D1103971-SS12 Dec 202531 Mar 2025grantedEarphone
JPJP-1665322-SS3 Aug 202025 Sep 2019grantedno title held
JPJP-1665323-SS3 Aug 202025 Sep 2019grantedno title held
JPJP-1665324-SS3 Aug 202025 Sep 2019grantedno title held
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-190073-SS14 Jan 202124 Sep 2019grantedEarphones
CACA-190074-SS14 Jan 202124 Sep 2019grantedEarphone
CACA-190075-SS14 Jan 202124 Sep 2019grantedEarphone
TWTW-D207882-SS21 Oct 202024 Sep 2019publishedEarphones
TWTW-D207883-SS21 Oct 202024 Sep 2019publishedEarphone
TWTW-D207884-SS21 Oct 202024 Sep 2019publishedEarphone

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