U.S. patent number D669,477 [Application Number D/417,701] was granted by the patent office on 2012-10-23 for docking station.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.
United States Patent |
D669,477 |
Akana , et al. |
October 23, 2012 |
Docking station
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a docking station, as shown and
described.
Inventors: |
Akana; Jody (San Francisco,
CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, CA), Bataillou;
Jeremy (San Francisco, 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), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori;
Shin (Kailua, HI), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San
Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco,
CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Whang;
Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico
(San Francisco, CA) |
Assignee: |
Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
CA)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/417,701 |
Filed: |
April 6, 2012 |
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29404658 |
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D659143 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/434; D14/391;
D14/455 |
Current International
Class: |
1402 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/391-399,385,434,455,217 ;D18/1,2,7,11 ;178/17A,17C
;200/5A,5R,6A,6R ;235/145A,145R ;345/160,168,169 ;341/20,22,23
;400/484-489,492,472
;361/679.08,679.09,679.4,679.41,679.31,679.32,679.43,679.55
;D13/107,108 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Other References
Images of Sony X505 Keyboard, available at least as early as May 8,
2005. 4 pages. cited by other .
Images of Sony VAIO PCG-4G1L, available at least as early as May 8,
2006. 8 pages. cited by other.
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Primary Examiner: Nunn; Freda S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a docking station showing
our new design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom front perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof
FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 8 is rear view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a side view thereof; and,
FIG. 10 is another side view thereof.
The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface
ornamentation. The broken lines in the figures show portions of the
docking station which form no part of the claimed design.
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