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Earphone

Granted 26 Apr 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Eugene Antony Whang, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Joe Sung-Ho Tan +20 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/805,805
filed 30 Aug 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D949833
granted 26 Apr 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an earphone showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom 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 earphone that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223

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Responses
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Examiner
Paula Allen Greene
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Worldwide family

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Offices
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Granted
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›IP5 & PCT — 10 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D801314-SS131 Oct 20176 Sep 2016grantedPair of earphones
USUS-D847125-SS130 Apr 201930 Oct 2017grantedEarphone
USUS-D896788-SS122 Sep 202029 Apr 2019grantedEarphone
USUS-D929375-SS131 Aug 202121 Sep 2020grantedEarphone
USthis patentUS-D949833-SS126 Apr 202230 Aug 2021grantedEarphone
USUS-D988297-SS16 Jun 202325 Apr 2022grantedEarphone
USUS-D1006797-SS15 Dec 202328 Apr 2023grantedEarphone
USUS-D1050084-SS15 Nov 20244 Dec 2023grantedPair of earphones
JPJP-1585727-SS11 Sep 20176 Mar 2017grantedno title held
JPJP-1585850-SS11 Sep 20176 Mar 2017grantedno title held
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201711286-SS20 Mar 20173 Mar 2017publishedEarphone
AUAU-201711287-SS20 Mar 20173 Mar 2017publishedEarphone
CACA-172976-SS13 Sep 20188 Feb 2017grantedEarphone
TWTW-D187641-SS1 Jan 201820 Feb 2017publishedEarphone

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