Electronic device

Andre , et al. December 2, 2

Patent Grant D581922

U.S. patent number D581,922 [Application Number D/282,834] was granted by the patent office on 2008-12-02 for electronic device. 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, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D581,922
Andre ,   et al. December 2, 2008

Electronic device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design of an electronic device, 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), Jobs; Steve (Palo Alto, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (San Francisco, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (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)
Appl. No.: D/282,834
Filed: July 30, 2007

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29270888 Jan 5, 2007 D558758

Current U.S. Class: D14/341; D14/138G; D14/203.7; D14/248
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/341,342,343,344,345,346,347,420,426,427,432,439,440,441,448,496,125,137,129,130,138,250,389,147,218,247,248,156 ;D10/65,104 ;D13/168 ;D18/6,7 ;D21/329,686 ;455/90.3,556.1,556.2,575.1,575.3,575.4 ;379/433.01,433.04,433.06,433.07 ;361/814 ;341/22 ;345/169,173 ;D6/596,601,605

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Primary Examiner: Brooks; Cathron C
Assistant Examiner: Lee; Angela J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description



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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