Portable computer Patent Grant Andre , et al. January 15, 2 [Andre; Bartley K.]

Portable computer

Andre , et al. January 15, 2

Patent Grant D674382

U.S. patent number D674,382 [Application Number D/415,258] was granted by the patent office on 2013-01-15 for portable computer. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is 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. 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	D674,382
Andre , et al.	January 15, 2013

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)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Andre; Bartley K. Coster; Daniel J. De Iuliis; Daniele Hankey; Evans Howarth; Richard P. Ive; Jonathan P. Jobs; Steve Kerr; Duncan Robert Nishibori; Shin Rohrbach; Matthew Dean Russell-Clarke; Peter Satzger; Douglas B. Stringer; Christopher J. Whang; Eugene Antony Zorkendorfer; Rico	Menlo Park San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Palo Alto San Francisco Portola Valley San Francisco San Francisco Menlo Park Woodside San Francisco San Francisco	CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA	US US US US US US US US US US US US US US US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/415,258

Filed:

March 8, 2012

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29402519	Sep 23, 2011	D657786
29396081	Jun 24, 2011	D648334
29384006	Jan 25, 2011	D648333
29366369	Jul 23, 2010	D633087
29351847	Dec 11, 2009	D623645
29337518	May 22, 2009	D606988
29326309	Oct 15, 2008	D604292
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 ;345/104,156,168,169,173 ;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 top view of a portable computer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a 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; and,

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

The portion of the portable computer shown in gray shading in FIGS. 2, 4, and 6 represents a metallic surface. 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.

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