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Electronic device

Granted 11 May 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Rico Zorkendorfer, Duncan Robert Kerr +10 · Examiner: Michelle E. Wilson · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/670,578
filed 16 Nov 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D918897
granted 11 May 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 electronic device 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 top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is bottom view thereof;

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

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof.

The broken lines in the various figures show portions of the electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341

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Pendency
2.5 y
907 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Interviews
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examiner interview summaries
Examiner
Michelle E. Wilson
art unit 2919 · TC 2900
Citations: 427 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 8 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D558758-SS11 Jan 20085 Jan 2007grantedElectronic device
USUS-D581922-SS12 Dec 200830 Jul 2007grantedElectronic device
USUS-D618677-SS129 Jun 201018 Nov 2008grantedElectronic device
USUS-D698352-SS128 Jan 201425 Jun 2010grantedElectronic device
USUS-D834013-SS120 Nov 201824 Jan 2014grantedElectronic device
USthis patentUS-D918897-SS111 May 202116 Nov 2018grantedElectronic device
USUS-D937826-SS17 Dec 202116 Jul 2020grantedElectronic device
USUS-D1087080-SS15 Aug 20256 Dec 2021grantedElectronic device
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-315640-SS13 Aug 200731 May 2007publishedElectronic device
CACA-121234-SS23 Oct 200927 Jun 2007grantedPortable electronic multi-media communication device

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