Electronic device Patent Grant Andre , et al. March 13, 2 [Apple Inc.]

Electronic device

Andre , et al. March 13, 2

Patent Grant D655720

U.S. patent number D655,720 [Application Number D/390,473] was granted by the patent office on 2012-03-13 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, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Vincent Keane Seid, legal representative, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.

United States Patent	D655,720
Andre , et al.	March 13, 2012

Electronic device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an electronic device, 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 (Portola Valley, 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), Seid, legal representative; Vincent Keane (Los Gatos, 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/390,473
Filed:	April 25, 2011

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Current U.S. Class:	D14/496; D14/203.3
Current International Class:	1403
Field of Search:	;D14/496,401,435,474,483,217,137,138,160,168,356,203.1-203.8,507 ;345/156,169,173-179,905 ;715/727-729,864 ;710/1,5,8 ;713/1,600 ;455/1.1,1.7,73,344-347,93,95,3.01-3.06,550.1,573.1 ;370/342-344 ;369/1,2,6-12 ;463/43-47 ;273/148B

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

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is an enlarged elevational view of a representative corner of the electronic device.

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

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