U.S. patent number D579,923 [Application Number D/270,881] was granted by the patent office on 2008-11-04 for ear piece.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.
United States Patent |
D579,923 |
Andre , et al. |
November 4, 2008 |
Ear piece
Claims
CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for an ear piece,
substantially as shown and described.
Inventors: |
Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park,
CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis;
Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San
Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA),
Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin
(San Francisco, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco,
CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Satzger;
Douglas B. (Menlo Park, CA), Seid; Calvin Q. (Palo Alto,
CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Portola Valley, CA),
Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer;
Rico (San Francisco, CA) |
Assignee: |
Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
CA)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/270,881 |
Filed: |
January 5, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/223;
D14/205 |
Current International
Class: |
1401 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/138,188,192,205,206,223 ;181/129-130
;379/430,433.01,433.02,433.03 ;381/374-381,385 ;455/575.2 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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3513646 |
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3543434 |
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3549064 |
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Other References
English Translation of a search report for Taiwan Patent
Application No. 096303170, dated Mar. 25, 2008. cited by
other.
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Primary Examiner: Greene; Paula A
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ear piece in accordance with the
present design. The ear piece can, for example, be a wireless ear
piece for use with a cellular phone (e.g., Bluetooth).
FIG. 2 is a front view for the ear piece.
FIG. 3 is a rear view for the ear piece.
FIG. 4 is a top view for the ear piece.
FIG. 5 is a bottom view for the ear piece.
FIG. 6 is a right side view of the for the ear piece; and,
FIG. 7 is a left side view for the ear piece.
The features shown in broken lines in the various Figures are for
illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the
claimed design.
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