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Headphones

Granted 8 Jun 2021 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Monica Fernandez, Robert Boyd, Christopher Kuh +2 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/720,426
filed 13 Jan 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D921608
granted 8 Jun 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 headphones 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 bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof.

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

The dot-dash lines in the figures show boundaries 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
D14/205D14/218

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Pendency
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Responses
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Examiner
Paula Allen Greene
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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 14 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D817301-SS18 May 201826 Aug 2016grantedHeadphones
USUS-D831610-SS123 Oct 201820 Oct 2017grantedHeadphones
USUS-D873791-SS128 Jan 202019 Oct 2018grantedHeadphones
USUS-D874429-SS14 Feb 202019 Oct 2018grantedHeadphones
USUS-D881838-SS121 Apr 202019 Oct 2018grantedHeadphones
USthis patentUS-D921608-SS18 Jun 202113 Jan 2020grantedHeadphones
USUS-D941800-SS125 Jan 20227 Jun 2021grantedHeadphones
USUS-D969783-SS115 Nov 202224 Jan 2022grantedHeadphones
USUS-D995473-SS115 Aug 202314 Nov 2022grantedHeadphones
USUS-D1020688-SS12 Apr 202426 Jul 2023grantedHeadphones
USUS-D1066287-SS111 Mar 202529 Mar 2024grantedHeadphones
USUS-D1118564-SS117 Mar 202610 Mar 2025grantedHeadphones
JPJP-1580978-SS10 Jul 201727 Feb 2017grantedno title held
JPJP-1580979-SS10 Jul 201727 Feb 2017grantedno title held
›Other offices — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201711151-SS15 Mar 201727 Feb 2017publishedHeadphones
AUAU-201711152-SS15 Mar 201727 Feb 2017publishedHeadphones
AUAU-201711153-SS15 Mar 201727 Feb 2017publishedHeadphones
CACA-173260-SS25 Sep 201727 Feb 2017grantedHeadphones
CACA-173261-SS25 Sep 201727 Feb 2017grantedHeadphones
CACA-173262-SS25 Sep 201727 Feb 2017grantedHeadphones
TWTW-D187383-SS21 Dec 201724 Feb 2017publishedHeadphones

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