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Granted 22 Feb 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Sung-Ho Tan, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Julian Jaede, Markus Diebel +17 · Examiner: Cynthia R Underwood · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/798,960
filed 12 Jul 2021
Publication
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US D944257
granted 22 Feb 2022

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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 a cover showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 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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