Headphones
Granted 2 Aug 2022 · no office action yet
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +17 · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900
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1 parts›U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/731,849, filed Apr…
U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/731,849, filed Apr. 17, 2020, is also incorporated herein in its entirety by reference thereto.
FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of headphones 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 broken lines in the figures show portions of the headphones that form no part of the claimed design.
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26 members · 5 offices›IP5 & PCT — 19 members
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| US | US-D926725-S | S1 | 3 Aug 2021 | 17 Apr 2020 | granted | Headphones |
| USthis patent | US-D959406-S | S1 | 2 Aug 2022 | 2 Aug 2021 | granted | Headphones |
| US | US-D973630-S | S1 | 27 Dec 2022 | 1 Aug 2022 | granted | Headphones |
| US | US-D993212-S | S1 | 25 Jul 2023 | 18 Oct 2022 | granted | Headphones |
| US | US-D994635-S | S1 | 8 Aug 2023 | 18 Oct 2022 | granted | Headphones |
| US | US-D1040131-S | S1 | 27 Aug 2024 | 23 Jun 2023 | granted | Headphones |
| US | US-D1078682-S | S1 | 10 Jun 2025 | 26 Aug 2024 | granted | Headphones |
| US | US-D1101720-S | S1 | 11 Nov 2025 | 9 Jun 2025 | granted | Headphones |
| JP | JP-1686527-S | S | 31 May 2021 | 16 Oct 2020 | granted | no title held |
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| CA | CA-198764-S | S | 23 Mar 2022 | 16 Oct 2020 | granted | Headphones |
| CA | CA-198767-S | S | 23 Mar 2022 | 16 Oct 2020 | granted | Headphones |
| CA | CA-198768-S | S | 23 Mar 2022 | 16 Oct 2020 | granted | Headphones |
| TW | TW-D214799-S | S | 21 Oct 2021 | 16 Oct 2020 | published | 耳機zh |
| TW | TW-D214800-S | S | 21 Oct 2021 | 16 Oct 2020 | published | 耳機zh |
| TW | TW-D214801-S | S | 21 Oct 2021 | 16 Oct 2020 | published | 耳機zh |
| UA | UA-43646-S | S | 29 Apr 2021 | 16 Oct 2020 | published | Навушникиuk |
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