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Band

Granted 16 Aug 2022 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Eugene Antony Whang, Bartley K. Andre, Rico Zorkendorfer, Jeremy Bataillou +17 · Examiner: Richard Kearney · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/708,942
filed 10 Oct 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D960745
granted 16 Aug 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 a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a rear right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a magnified portion of a top front perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a magnified portion of a top rear perspective view thereof.

The dot-dash lines in the figures and the areas within the dot-dash lines show portions of the band that form no part of the claimed design.

The break lines in the figures and the areas within the break lines and dot-dash lines show portions of the band 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
D11/3

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Richard Kearney
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D795121-SS122 Aug 20177 Mar 2016grantedBand
USUS-D863094-SS115 Oct 201921 Aug 2017grantedBand
USUS-D960152-SS19 Aug 202229 Jun 2021grantedWearable device
USthis patentUS-D960745-SS116 Aug 202210 Oct 2019grantedBand
USUS-D1068758-SS11 Apr 20258 Aug 2022grantedBand
USUS-D1110880-SS13 Feb 20265 Mar 2025grantedWearable device
›Other offices — 1 members
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AUAU-201614110-SS3 Aug 201628 Jul 2016publishedBand

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