Portable computer

Andre , et al. March 2, 2

Patent Grant D611043

U.S. patent number D611,043 [Application Number D/326,228] was granted by the patent office on 2010-03-02 for portable computer. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Bartley K. Andre, 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, Douglas B. Satzger, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D611,043
Andre ,   et al. March 2, 2010

Portable computer

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a portable computer, as shown and described.
Inventors: Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, 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), Satzger; Douglas B. (Menlo Park, 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/326,228
Filed: October 14, 2008

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29326082 Oct 10, 2008 D604290

Current U.S. Class: D14/318
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/315-327 ;D18/1,2,7,11 ;235/145A,145R ;341/22,23 ;345/156,157,168,169,173 ;361/680-686,679.27 ;348/373 ;715/783

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Other References

Photographs of Sony VAIO PCG-4G1L, available at least as early as May 8, 2006. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--gal01.sub.--200801- 15.jpg. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--gal02.sub.--200801- 15.jpg. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--gal03.sub.--200801- 15.jpg. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--gal04.sub.--200801- 15.jpg. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--thinair20080115.jp- g. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--displayair20080115- .jpg. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--keyboardair2008011- 5.jpg. cited by other .
Apple MacBook Air, available Jan. 15, 2008, http://images.apple.com/macbookair/images/design.sub.--gal08.sub.--200801- 15. cited by other.

Primary Examiner: Nunn; Freda S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Saidman DesignLaw Group

Description



FIG. 1 is a top view of a first embodiment of a portable computer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is top view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a third embodiment thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view of a fourth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view of a fifth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view of a sixth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view of a seventh embodiment thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top view of an eighth embodiment thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a top view of a ninth embodiment thereof.

The portion of the portable computer shown in gray shading in FIGS. 3, 6 and 9 represents a metallic surface. The diagonal broken lines represent glass. The dot-dash broken lines represent an unclaimed border of the claimed design. The dashed broken lines represent environmental subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design. The pairs of closely adjacent, spaced jagged broken lines form no part of the claimed design and the portions between such pairs of jagged broken lines are broken away to disclose indeterminate length. Portions of the design that may be visible between the jagged lines have been removed for clarity.

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