Portable computer

Andre , et al. April 17, 2

Patent Grant D657786

U.S. patent number D657,786 [Application Number D/402,519] was granted by the patent office on 2012-04-17 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 D657,786
Andre ,   et al. April 17, 2012

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/402,519
Filed: September 23, 2011

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29384006 Jan 25, 2011 D648333
29366369 Feb 22, 2011 D633087
29351847 Sep 14, 2010 D623645
29337518 Dec 29, 2009 D606988
29326309 Nov 17, 2009 D604292
29326082 Nov 17, 2009 D604290

Current U.S. Class: D14/315
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/315-327 ;D18/1,2,7,11 ;235/145A,145R ;341/22,23 ;345/104,156,168,169,173 ;361/679.08,679.09,679.11,679.26,679.27

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

Description



FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view of a portable computer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the portable computer and form no part of the claimed design. The black shading on the front of the screen represents the color black and the dark gray shading on the front of the screen represents the color gray.

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