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Backplate for an electronic device

Granted 6 Sep 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Richard P. Howarth, Molly Anderson, M. Evans Hankey +20 · Examiner: Austin Murphy · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/821,052
filed 27 Dec 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D962948
granted 6 Sep 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a backplate for an electronic device 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 backplate for an electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/439

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USUS-D894192-SS125 Aug 202017 Sep 2018grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D899429-SS120 Oct 202030 Aug 2018grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D924240-SS16 Jul 202121 Aug 2020grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D939512-SS128 Dec 20212 Jul 2021grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USthis patentUS-D962948-SS16 Sep 202227 Dec 2021grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D995533-SS115 Aug 20232 Sep 2022grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D1018548-SS119 Mar 202428 Nov 2022grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D1062743-SS118 Feb 202518 Mar 2024grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D1109742-SS120 Jan 20266 Jan 2025grantedBackplate for an electronic device
JPJP-1655179-SS16 Mar 202027 Feb 2019grantedno title held
JPJP-1655180-SS16 Mar 202027 Feb 2019grantedno title held

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