USPatent applicationPatented

Keyboard

Granted 31 Jan 2023 · 1 office action

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Eugene Antony Whang, Clara Genevieve Marine Courtaigne, Duncan Robert Kerr, Jeremy Bataillou +17 · Examiner: Kathleen L Jones · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application· this page
29/756,646
filed 29 Oct 2020
Publication
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Patent
US D976906
granted 31 Jan 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a keyboard showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the portion encircled in FIG. 1 .

The evenly dashed broken lines in the figures depict portions of the keyboard that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dot-dash broken lines depict an area of enlargement.

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/392D14/456

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