USPatent applicationPatented

Case with earphones

Granted 4 Oct 2022 · 1 office action

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Molly Anderson, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Rico Zorkendorfer +17 · Examiner: Christian P. McLean · AU 2923 · TC 2900

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29/741,989
filed 17 Jul 2020
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Patent
US D965563
granted 4 Oct 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a case with earphones showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top perspective view thereof.

The background in the digital images forms no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in FIG. 2 and the faded areas within the dot-dash broken lines show portions of the case with earphones that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223D3/294

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