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Charging case for wireless earbuds

Granted 28 Jun 2022 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Google · originally Alphabet Inc.

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Inventors: Luke David Mastrangelo, Sandeep Singh Waraich, Gina Reimann, Idil Girard +4 · Examiner: Kendra Leslie Hamilton · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/730,550
filed 6 Apr 2020
Publication
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US D955982
granted 28 Jun 2022

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Description

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›This application is related to application Ser. No…

This application is related to application Ser. No. 29/730,537, entitled Earbud Charging Case, which is concurrently filed herewith, and the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference This application is also related to application Ser. No. 29/709,173, entitled Wireless Earbud, and application Ser. No. 29/709,177, entitled Earbud Charging Case, both filed on Oct. 11, 2019, the disclosures all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right side perspective view of a charging case for wireless earbuds, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The equal-length broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the charging case for wireless earbuds that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken line defines the claim boundary, and forms no part of the claimed design.

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D955982-SS128 Jun 20226 Apr 2020grantedCharging case for wireless earbuds
USUS-D982515-SS14 Apr 202321 Dec 2021grantedCharging case
USUS-D983739-SS118 Apr 202321 Dec 2021grantedCharging case
USUS-D983740-SS118 Apr 202321 Dec 2021grantedCharging case
USUS-D983741-SS118 Apr 202321 Dec 2021grantedWireless earbuds and charging case assembly
JPJP-1674342-SS7 Dec 202010 Apr 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1674343-SS7 Dec 202010 Apr 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1674344-SS7 Dec 202010 Apr 2020grantedno title held
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›Other offices — 6 members
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CACA-194475-SS29 Jun 20229 Apr 2020grantedEarbud charging case
CACA-208072-SS1 Aug 20229 Apr 2020grantedEarbud charging case
CACA-208080-SS1 Aug 20229 Apr 2020grantedEarbud charging case
CACA-208081-SS1 Aug 20229 Apr 2020grantedEarbud charging case
CACA-208082-SS1 Aug 20229 Apr 2020grantedCharging case with wireless earbuds
CACA-208083-SS3 Oct 20229 Apr 2020grantedEarbud charging case

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