USPatentGranted

Adapter

Granted 24 Aug 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

Inventors: Clement Tissandier, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Bartley K. Andre, Julian Hoenig +17 · Examiner: Christy Nemeth · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application

29/709,546

filed 15 Oct 2019

Publication

Not published

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US D928706

granted 24 Aug 2021

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of an adapter showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear 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.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for an adapter, as shown and described.

Classifications

2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D13/110D13/108

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Pendency

1.9 y

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non-final + final

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Examiner

Christy Nemeth

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5 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D867287-S	S1	19 Nov 2019	7 Jun 2018	granted	Adapter
USthis patent	US-D928706-S	S1	24 Aug 2021	15 Oct 2019	granted	Adapter

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-184642-S	S	28 Nov 2019	15 Nov 2018	granted	Power adapter
TW	TW-D203660-S	S	1 Apr 2020	16 Nov 2018	published	轉接器zh
TW	TW-D204203-S	S	21 Apr 2020	16 Nov 2018	published	轉接器zh

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