USPatent applicationPatented

Electronic device

Granted 2 Dec 2008 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Shin Nishibori, Jonathan P. Ive, Bartley K. Andre +10 · Examiner: Cathron C Brooks · AU 2911 · TC 2900

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29/282,834
filed 30 Jul 2007
Publication
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Patent
US D581922
granted 2 Dec 2008

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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 an electronic device in accordance with the present invention;

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 top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof.

The broken lines showing portions of the electronic device form no part of the claimed design. The dot dash line on the front of the electronic device represents an unclaimed boundary line and forms no part of the claimed design.

The surfaces of the electronic device are illustrated with color designations. The front surface includes a black interior portion excluding the rectangular feature (e.g., display region) and a metallic edge portion. By way of example, the metallic portions may be selected from steel, aluminum, anodized aluminum, chrome, nickel, and/or the like.

More generally, the invention pertains to an ornamental design for an article of manufacture. The article is not limited to the scale shown herein. As indicated in the title, the article of manufacture to which the ornamental design has been applied is an electronic device, media player (e.g., music, video and/or game player), media storage device, a personal digital assistant, a communication device (e.g., cellular phone), a novelty item, or toy, and/or the like.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/341D14/203.7D14/138.GD14/248

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Cathron C Brooks
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