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Charger

Granted 20 Sep 2022 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: M. Evans Hankey, Shota Aoyagi, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Daniel J. Coster +18 · Examiner: Nathaniel D. Buckner · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/749,207
filed 3 Sep 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D964272
granted 20 Sep 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a charger showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the charger that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/108

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747 days filing → grant
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Interviews
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Examiner
Nathaniel D. Buckner
art unit 2921 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D795183-SS122 Aug 20174 Sep 2015grantedCharger
USUS-D812563-SS113 Mar 20183 Feb 2016grantedCharger
USUS-D839191-SS129 Jan 201912 Mar 2018grantedCharger
USUS-D895543-SS18 Sep 202028 Jan 2019grantedCharger
USthis patentUS-D964272-SS120 Sep 20223 Sep 2020grantedCharger
JPJP-1558690-SS12 Sep 20164 Mar 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1558691-SS12 Sep 20164 Mar 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-367737-SS16 Mar 20164 Mar 2016publishedCharger
AUAU-367738-SS16 Mar 20164 Mar 2016publishedCharger
CACA-167313-SS3 Oct 20164 Mar 2016grantedCharger
CACA-167314-SS3 Oct 20164 Mar 2016grantedCharger
TWTW-D179056-SS21 Oct 20164 Mar 2016publishedCharger
TWTW-D179057-SS21 Oct 20164 Mar 2016publishedCharger

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