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Electronic device

Granted 4 Jan 2022 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Rico Zorkendorfer, Jonathan P. Ive, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer +17 · Examiner: Leanne Was-Englehart · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/645,081
filed 23 Apr 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D940127
granted 4 Jan 2022

Life of the patent

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of an electronic device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is top rear perspective view of 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;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a top portion of FIG. 5 .

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a bottom portion of FIG. 5 .

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a top portion of FIG. 6 .

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a bottom portion of FIG. 6 .

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a right-side portion of FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of a left-side portion of FIG. 8 .

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

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341D14/248

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Pendency
3.7 y
1,352 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Interviews
1
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Examiner
Leanne Was-Englehart
art unit 2919 · TC 2900
Citations: 330 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

21 members · 5 offices
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Offices
5
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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D940127-SS14 Jan 202223 Apr 2018grantedElectronic device
USUS-D962228-SS130 Aug 20225 Feb 2019grantedElectronic device
USUS-D962925-SS16 Sep 20225 Feb 2019grantedElectronic device
USUS-D1030748-SS111 Jun 20242 Sep 2022grantedElectronic device
JPJP-1627041-SS18 Mar 201923 Oct 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1627042-SS18 Mar 201923 Oct 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1627043-SS18 Mar 201923 Oct 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 14 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201816309-SS16 Nov 201823 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
AUAU-201816312-SS16 Nov 201823 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
AUAU-201816313-SS16 Nov 201823 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
AUAU-201816314-SS16 Nov 201823 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
AUAU-201816315-SS16 Nov 201823 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
AUAU-201816310-SS19 Nov 201823 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
AUAU-201816307-SS11 Jan 201923 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
AUAU-201816308-SS11 Jan 201923 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
CACA-184246-SS21 Apr 202123 Oct 2018grantedPortable electronic multi-media device
CACA-184247-SS21 Apr 202123 Oct 2018grantedPortable electronic multi-media device
CACA-184250-SS21 Apr 202123 Oct 2018grantedPortable electronic multi-media device
TWTW-D217223-SS21 Feb 202223 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
TWTW-D217224-SS21 Feb 202223 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device
TWTW-D217225-SS21 Feb 202223 Oct 2018publishedElectronic device

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