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Electronic device with animated light display

Granted 26 Oct 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Molly Anderson, Pedro Mari, David C. Graham · Examiner: Rebekah A Caruso · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/735,513
filed 21 May 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D934296
granted 26 Oct 2021

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Description

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The file of this patent contains at least one drawing/photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawing(s)/photograph(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 . is a top view of a portion of an electronic device with animated light display showing a first image of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a second image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a third image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a fourth image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a fifth image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a sixth image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a seventh image thereof;

FIG. 8 is an eighth image thereof;

FIG. 9 is a ninth image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a tenth image thereof;

FIG. 11 is an eleventh image thereof;

FIG. 12 is a twelfth image thereof;

FIG. 13 is a thirteenth image thereof;

FIG. 14 is a fourteenth image thereof;

FIG. 15 is a fifteenth image thereof;

FIG. 16 is a sixteenth image thereof;

FIG. 17 is a front view of the electronic device of FIGS. 1-16 ;

FIG. 18 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 20 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of an electronic device with animated light display that form no part of the claimed design.

The appearance of the animated image sequentially transitions between the images shown in FIGS. 1-16 . The process or period in which one image transitions to another forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

4 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/496D14/172D14/314D14/204

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Pendency
1.4 y
523 days filing → grant
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1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Rebekah A Caruso
art unit 2922 · TC 2900
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USUS-D850486-SS14 Jun 20195 Jun 2017grantedElectronic device with animated light display
USUS-D885437-SS126 May 202031 May 2019grantedElectronic device with light display
USthis patentUS-D934296-SS126 Oct 202121 May 2020grantedElectronic device with animated light display
USUS-D1090631-SS126 Aug 20255 Aug 2021grantedElectronic device with animated light display
JPJP-1615768-SS15 Oct 20185 Dec 2017grantedno title held

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