Earphone
Andre , et al. January 29, 2
Patent Grant D675194
U.S. patent number D675,194 [Application Number D/425,328] was granted by the patent office on 2013-01-29 for earphone. 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, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, 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, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, 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 | D675,194 |
| Andre , et al. | January 29, 2013 |
Earphone
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for an earphone, 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), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (Kailua, HI), 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) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Appl. No.: | D/425,328 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | June 21, 2012 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
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| 29391833 | May 13, 2011 | D653236 | |||
| 29362081 | May 19, 2010 | D639279 | |||
| 29336808 | May 8, 2009 | D618210 | |||
| 29324132 | Sep 5, 2008 | D596616 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/223; D14/205 |
| Current International Class: | 1401 |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/205,206,223 ;181/129,130,135 ;379/430,431,420.04 ;381/380,381,328 ;455/90.1,575.2 ;128/864,865,866 |
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"Skullcandy INK'D Earbuds (Black)", Feb. 16, 2006, http://www.amazon.com/Skull-Candy-S2INBT-FZ-Skullcandy-Earbuds/dp/B000Q74- 102.htm. cited by applicant . HC17065312, Acoustic Instrument Catalogue 2005, 4.sup.th Edition, Received by JPO on Jan. 27, 2006, p. 72. cited by applicant. |
Primary Examiner: Greene; Paula
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
This application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 29/336,806, filed May 8, 2009, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D618,209, which is a divisional application of U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/324,197, filed Sep. 8, 2008, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D599,330, which is a continuation of U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/324,132, filed Sep. 5, 2008, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D596,616. The disclosures of these applications are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference thereto.
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an earphone showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof
FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.
The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.
The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the earphones which form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash lines in the Figures show an unclaimed boundary which forms no part of the claimed design.
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