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Granted 15 Aug 2023 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

Inventors: Eugene Antony Whang, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jody Akana, Daniele De Iuliis +16 · Examiner: Keli L Hill · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/796,875

filed 28 Jun 2021

Publication

Not published

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Patent· this page

US D995537

granted 15 Aug 2023

term adjustment not held

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Classifications

200

Citations

200 cites · 0 cited by

Life of the patent

4 dated events

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a cover 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.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

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

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/455

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Pendency

2.1 y

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none on record

Responses

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Examiner

Keli L Hill

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Worldwide family

12 members · 5 offices

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DOCDB simple family 58633212

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US · JP

Granted

10 of 12

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›IP5 & PCT — 9 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D788784-S	S1	6 Jun 2017	21 Mar 2016	granted	Keyboard
US	US-D834586-S	S1	27 Nov 2018	5 Jun 2017	granted	Keyboard
US	US-D880488-S	S1	7 Apr 2020	26 Nov 2018	granted	Keyboard
US	US-D897352-S	S1	29 Sep 2020	6 Apr 2020	granted	Keyboard
US	US-D923633-S	S1	29 Jun 2021	28 Sep 2020	granted	Keyboard
USthis patent	US-D995537-S	S1	15 Aug 2023	28 Jun 2021	granted	Cover
US	US-D1025084-S	S1	30 Apr 2024	10 May 2023	granted	Cover
US	US-D1071948-S	S1	22 Apr 2025	29 Apr 2024	granted	Cover
JP	JP-1574926-S	S	24 Apr 2017	29 Aug 2016	granted	no title held

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-201614764-S	S	14 Oct 2016	30 Aug 2016	published	Cover
CA	CA-170132-S	S	14 Jul 2017	24 Aug 2016	granted	Cover with keyboard
TW	TW-D185980-S	S	11 Oct 2017	24 Aug 2016	published	Cover

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