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Granted 14 Mar 2023 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

Inventors: Martin Gschwandtl, Robert Brunner, Vijay Karthik Koneru, Guillaume Raoult +4 · Examiner: April Rivas · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application

29/834,044

filed 8 Apr 2022

Publication

Not published

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Patent· this page

US D980625

granted 14 Mar 2023

term adjustment not held

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Classifications

125

Citations

125 cites · 0 cited by

Life of the patent

4 dated events

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a case 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.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a case, as shown and described.

Classifications

3 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D03/294D13/108D14/223

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Pendency

0.9 y

340 days filing → grant

Office actions

none on record

Examiner

April Rivas

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Worldwide family

6 members · 2 offices

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DOCDB simple family 76159183

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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D948213-S	S1	12 Apr 2022	14 Dec 2020	granted	Case
USthis patent	US-D980625-S	S1	14 Mar 2023	8 Apr 2022	granted	Case
US	US-D1034541-S	S1	9 Jul 2024	13 Mar 2023	granted	Case with earphones
US	US-D1112165-S	S1	10 Feb 2026	8 Jul 2024	granted	Case with earphones

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-190078-S	S	23 Apr 2021	24 Sep 2019	granted	Case
CA	CA-190079-S	S	23 Apr 2021	24 Sep 2019	granted	Case with earphones

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