Electronic device

Akana , et al. December 4, 2

Patent Grant D671937

U.S. patent number D671,937 [Application Number D/385,079] was granted by the patent office on 2012-12-04 for electronic device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D671,937
Akana ,   et al. December 4, 2012

Electronic device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an electronic device, as shown and described.
Inventors: Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Hankey; Evans (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA), Jobs; Steve (Palo Alto, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (Portola Valley, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.: D/385,079
Filed: February 8, 2011

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29360110 Apr 20, 2010 D633908
29360036 Apr 19, 2010 D627778

Current U.S. Class: D14/341
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/341-347,137,138,138.1,138AA,138R,138AB,138AD,138G,138A,496,426,429,129,130,420,439-441,448,125,147,156,218,250,389,336,203.1,203.3,203.4,203.7,315 ;D21/324,329,330 ;D10/65,104 ;D18/6-7 ;345/169,901,905,156,157,168,173 ;361/814,680,686,679.27,679.3 ;341/22 ;348/168 ;379/433.04,433.07,433.11,916,433.01,433.06

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Primary Examiner: Fox; Barbara
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

Description



FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of an electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and transparency and not surface ornamentation.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the electronic device which form no part of the claimed design.

The surfaces of the electronic device shown in the Figures are illustrated to show color and contrast. The front surface is illustrated as being transparent. The front and rear surfaces are illustrated to show the color black. The sides are illustrated to show a gray or stainless steel color.

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