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Pair of earphones

Granted 21 Feb 2023 · no office action yet

Inventors: Clement Tissandier, Peter Russell-Clarke, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury +17 · Examiner: Dana K Weiland · AU 2925 · TC 2900

Application

29/757,988

filed 11 Nov 2020

Publication

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US D978842

granted 21 Feb 2023

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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 pair of earphones showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a pair of earphones, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/223

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Dana K Weiland

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14 members · 7 offices

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US · JP

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D978842-S	S1	21 Feb 2023	11 Nov 2020	granted	Pair of earphones
US	US-D1025025-S	S1	30 Apr 2024	17 Feb 2023	granted	Earphone
JP	JP-1702421-S	S	20 Dec 2021	6 May 2021	granted	イヤホンja
JP	JP-1702422-S	S	20 Dec 2021	6 May 2021	granted	イヤホンja
JP	JP-1710934-S	S	28 Mar 2022	6 May 2021	granted	イヤホンja
JP	JP-1711243-S	S	30 Mar 2022	6 May 2021	granted	イヤホンja
JP	JP-1724917-S	S	15 Sep 2022	6 May 2021	granted	イヤホンja

›Other offices — 7 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-203249-S	S	13 Jan 2023	3 May 2021	granted	Earphone
CA	CA-203250-S	S	13 Jan 2023	3 May 2021	granted	Earphone
CL	CL-2021001174-S1	S1	14 Jan 2022	4 May 2021	published	Audífonos.es
TW	TW-D219087-S	S	1 Jun 2022	4 May 2021	published	Earphone
TW	TW-D219088-S	S	1 Jun 2022	4 May 2021	published	Earphone
UA	UA-44526-S	S	18 Nov 2021	5 May 2021	published	Навушникuk
UY	UY-4871-S	S	30 Nov 2021	4 May 2021	published	Audífono y par de audífonoses

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