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Panel of a voice interface device

Granted 28 Feb 2023 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Google · originally Alphabet Inc.

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Inventors: Kristen Mangum, Amy Martin, Michael Sundermeyer, Jung Geun Tak +1 · Examiner: Marie D. Fast Horse · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/832,210
filed 25 Mar 2022
Publication
Not published
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US D979602
granted 28 Feb 2023

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Description

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›This application is related to U.S. patent application…

This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/592,126 filed May 10, 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,235,997, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/592,128 filed May 10, 20 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,332,516, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/593,236 filed May 11, 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,402,450, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/592,137 filed May 10, 2017, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIG. 1 is a front, left side perspective view of a panel of a voice interface device in a first illuminated state showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front, left side perspective view of the panel of the voice interface device in a second illuminated state;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the panel of the voice interface device in the first illuminated state;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the panel of the voice interface device in the second illuminated state;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the panel of the voice interface device;

FIG. 6 is a right-side elevational view of the panel of the voice interface device, the left-side elevational view being a mirror image of the right-side elevational view;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the panel of the voice interface device in the first illuminated state;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the panel of the voice interface device in the second illuminated state; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of the panel of the voice interface device.

The broken lines depict environmental structure of the panel of the voice interface device that form no part of the claimed design.

The subject matter in this patent includes illuminated indicator lights, in grayscale, of a panel of a voice interface device. The grayscale shading in FIGS. 1 - 4 and 7 - 8 depicts a contrast of the illuminated indicator lights which is part of the claimed design without claiming any particular color. The appearance of the transition from the first illuminated state to the second illuminated state is sequential from FIG. 1 to FIG. 2 , from FIG. 3 to FIG. 4 , and from FIG. 7 to FIG. 8 . The process or period in which the panel of the voice interface device transitions from the first illuminated state to the second illuminated state forms no part of the claimed design. The transition can be in response to user interaction to cause the lights on the panel of the voice interface device to transition from the first illuminated state to the second illuminated state.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/496D14/358D14/172

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›IP5 & PCT — 11 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D822716-SS110 Jul 201813 May 2016grantedVoice interface device
USUS-D885436-SS126 May 20209 Jul 2018grantedPanel of a voice interface device
USUS-D927550-SS110 Aug 202116 Apr 2020grantedVoice interface device
USUS-D951298-SS110 May 202221 Jul 2021grantedPanel of a voice interface device
USthis patentUS-D979602-SS128 Feb 202325 Mar 2022grantedPanel of a voice interface device
JPJP-1586978-SS2 Oct 201710 Nov 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1626070-SS4 Mar 201910 Nov 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1629636-SS15 Apr 201910 Nov 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1645151-SS5 Nov 201910 Nov 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1653553-SS25 Feb 202010 Nov 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1656974-SS6 Apr 202010 Nov 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 12 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201615759-SS14 Jan 201712 Oct 2016publishedVoice interface device
AUAU-201710147-SS14 Jan 201712 Oct 2016publishedVoice interface device
AUAU-201710148-SS14 Jan 201712 Oct 2016publishedVoice interface device
AUAU-201710149-SS14 Jan 201712 Oct 2016publishedVoice interface device
AUAU-201710150-SS14 Jan 201712 Oct 2016publishedVoice interface device
AUAU-201710151-SS14 Jan 201712 Oct 2016publishedVoice interface device
CACA-171587-SS20 Dec 201814 Nov 2016grantedVoice activated speaker
CACA-176874-SS20 Dec 201814 Nov 2016grantedVoice activated speaker
CACA-179477-SS20 Dec 201814 Nov 2016grantedVoice activated speaker
CACA-179478-SS20 Dec 201814 Nov 2016grantedVoice activated speaker
CACA-179479-SS20 Dec 201814 Nov 2016grantedVoice activated speaker
CACA-179480-SS20 Dec 201814 Nov 2016grantedVoice activated speaker

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