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Band

Granted 21 Mar 2023 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Marine C. Bataille, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung Ho Tan, Mikael Silvanto +18 · Examiner: Richard Kearney · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/732,451
filed 24 Apr 2020
Publication
Not published
not published
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US D981264
granted 21 Mar 2023

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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 band 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 bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof showing the band in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in the figures show environment that form no part of the claimed design.

FIGS. 1 - 9 are illustrated to show contrasting appearance. The light gray-shaded portions of the band have one appearance, the medium gray-shaded portions of the band have second appearance, the dark gray-shaded portions of the band have third appearance, and the non-shaded claimed portions have a fourth appearance.

Areas in the figures are illustrated to show exemplary fabric structures having different appearances.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D11/3

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Pendency
2.9 y
1,061 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Richard Kearney
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
Citations: 220 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

15 members · 6 offices
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›IP5 & PCT — 11 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D837082-SS11 Jan 20197 Sep 2017grantedBand
USUS-D854961-SS130 Jul 201931 Dec 2018grantedBand
USUS-D863096-SS115 Oct 201911 Apr 2019grantedBand
USUS-D883837-SS112 May 202010 Oct 2019grantedBand
USthis patentUS-D981264-SS121 Mar 202324 Apr 2020grantedBand
USUS-D1120795-SS131 Mar 202620 Mar 2023grantedBand
JPJP-1614782-SS1 Oct 201821 Feb 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1614783-SS1 Oct 201821 Feb 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1623589-SS4 Feb 201921 Feb 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1623971-SS4 Feb 201921 Feb 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1623972-SS4 Feb 201921 Feb 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201810296-SS19 Feb 201818 Jan 2018publishedBand
CACA-179305-SS29 Nov 201822 Jan 2018grantedBand for wearable device
TWTW-D194221-SS21 Nov 201824 Jan 2018publishedBand
UAUA-37613-SS10 Sep 201823 Feb 2018publishedНаручний ремінецьuk

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