USPatentGranted
S1

Case for mobile communications device

Granted 2 Nov 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Rico Zorkendorfer, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Shota Aoyagi +15 · Examiner: Carla J Wright · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/656,425
filed 12 Jul 2018
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D934849
granted 2 Nov 2021

Life of the patent

6 dated events
⤢ drag to zoom20182020202220242026202820302032203420362038ProsecutionTerm & fees
ProsecutionTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a case for mobile communications 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 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 figures are illustrated to show contrasting appearance. The area(s) shown in light gray is one appearance, and the area(s) shown in darker gray is a second appearance.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

1 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250

Claim changes

Soon
Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

⤢ drag to zoomJul 2018Jan 2019Jul 2019Jan 2020Jul 2020Jan 2021Jul 2021Jan 2022USPTOApplicantNon-final rejection
USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open
Pendency
3.3 y
1,209 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
Carla J Wright
art unit 2917 · TC 2900
Citations: 57 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Log in to unlock

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Log in to unlock

Worldwide family

7 members · 5 offices
US2JP1AU2CA1TW1
this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open
Members
7
DOCDB simple family 53539279
Offices
5
US · JP
Granted
4 of 7
grant date present
›IP5 & PCT — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D823289-SS117 Jul 20185 Sep 2014grantedCase for mobile communications device
USthis patentUS-D934849-SS12 Nov 202112 Jul 2018grantedCase for mobile communications device
JPJP-1530317-SS3 Aug 201516 Jan 2015grantedno title held
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-360038-SS20 Jan 201515 Jan 2015publishedCase
AUAU-360041-SS20 Jan 201515 Jan 2015publishedCase
CACA-159182-SS3 Jul 201522 Oct 2014grantedCase for electronic device
TWTW-D173679-SS11 Feb 201617 Oct 2014publishedCase for an electronic device

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Log in to unlock

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.

Log in to unlock