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Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Mikael Silvanto, Shota Aoyagi +18 · Examiner: Cynthia R Underwood · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/797,598
filed 1 Jul 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D942460
granted 1 Feb 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a cover 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.

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

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/440

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Cynthia R Underwood
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›Other offices — 8 members
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UAUA-43413-SS11 Mar 202117 Sep 2020publishedЧохол з клавіатурою для портативних електронних пристроївuk

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