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Backplate for an electronic device

Granted 25 Oct 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Duncan Robert Kerr, Jody Akana, Marine C. Bataille, Bartley K. Andre +24 · Examiner: Austin Murphy · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/822,533
filed 10 Jan 2022
Publication
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US D967827
granted 25 Oct 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 top 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 dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the backplate for an electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries 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-D905065-SS115 Dec 202015 May 2019grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D926770-SS13 Aug 202111 Dec 2020grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USUS-D940722-SS111 Jan 20222 Aug 2021grantedBackplate for an electronic device
USthis patentUS-D967827-SS125 Oct 202210 Jan 2022grantedBackplate for an electronic device
JPJP-1665961-SS17 Aug 202015 Nov 2019grantedno title held

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