USPatentGranted
S1

Case

Granted 7 Jun 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Markus Diebel, Julian Jaede, Bartley K. Andre +18 · Examiner: Sheryl Lane · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/722,161
filed 27 Jan 2020
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D954036
granted 7 Jun 2022

Life of the patent

4 dated events
⤢ drag to zoom20202022202420262028203020322034203620382040ProsecutionTerm & fees
ProsecutionTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

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

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a case 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;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom front perspective view thereof showing the claimed design in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case and environment that form no part of the claimed design.

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

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250D3/300

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 zoomJan 2020Apr 2020Jul 2020Oct 2020Jan 2021Apr 2021Jul 2021Oct 2021Jan 2022Apr 2022Jul 2022USPTOApplicantNotice of allowance
USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open
Pendency
2.4 y
862 days filing → grant
Office actions
0
none on record
Responses
1
no RCE
Examiner
Sheryl Lane
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
Citations: 33 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 · 4 offices
US2JP2CA1TW2
this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open
Members
7
DOCDB simple family 63861672
Offices
4
US · JP
Granted
5 of 7
grant date present
›IP5 & PCT — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D873811-SS128 Jan 202028 Apr 2017grantedCase
USthis patentUS-D954036-SS17 Jun 202227 Jan 2020grantedCase
JPJP-1617684-SS12 Nov 201830 Oct 2017grantedno title held
JPJP-1618025-SS12 Nov 201830 Oct 2017grantedno title held
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-177737-SS9 Aug 201818 Oct 2017grantedCase for portable display device
TWTW-D196580-SS21 Mar 201924 Oct 2017publishedCase for electronic device
TWTW-D196581-SS21 Mar 201924 Oct 2017publishedCase for 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