Component of an electronic device

Akana , et al. March 12, 2

Patent Grant D677664

U.S. patent number D677,664 [Application Number D/376,052] was granted by the patent office on 2013-03-12 for component of an electronic device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicholas George LeBreton Merz, Scott A. Myers, Shin Nishibori, David A. Pakula, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Tang Yew Tan, Trent Weber, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zorkendorfer. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicholas George LeBreton Merz, Scott A. Myers, Shin Nishibori, David A. Pakula, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Tang Yew Tan, Trent Weber, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D677,664
Akana ,   et al. March 12, 2013

Component of an electronic device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a component of an electronic device, 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), Dinh; Richard Hung Minh (San Jose, 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), Merz; Nicholas George LeBreton (San Francisco, CA), Myers; Scott A. (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (Portola Valley, CA), Pakula; David A. (San Francisco, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Tan; Tang Yew (San Francisco, CA), Weber; Trent (Saratoga, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Wittenberg; Michael Benjamin (Sunnyvale, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

Akana; Jody
Andre; Bartley K.
Bataillou; Jeremy
Coster; Daniel J.
De Iuliis; Daniele
Dinh; Richard Hung Minh
Hankey; Evans
Howarth; Richard P.
Ive; Jonathan P.
Jobs; Steve
Kerr; Duncan Robert
Merz; Nicholas George LeBreton
Myers; Scott A.
Nishibori; Shin
Pakula; David A.
Rohrbach; Matthew Dean
Russell-Clarke; Peter
Stringer; Christopher J.
Tan; Tang Yew
Weber; Trent
Whang; Eugene Antony
Wittenberg; Michael Benjamin
Zorkendorfer; Rico

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Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.: D/376,052
Filed: September 30, 2010

Current U.S. Class: D14/439
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/341-347,424,425,432-453,464,468,469,471,496,511,138AA,138AD,138C,138G,203.1-203.8,217,238.1,248,250,257,299 ;361/679.01,679.02,679.03,679.3,679.55,679.56 ;455/550.1,556.1,556.2,575.1,575.3-575.5,575.8,90.3

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Other References

Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 29/384,916, Akana et al., "Component of an Electronic Device," filed Feb. 4, 2011 (not published). cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Fluegeman; Deanna L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

Description



An example of the type of device that may incorporate the present invention is the electronic device disclosed in U.S. Appl. No. 29/360,036.

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

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof.

The shade lines in the Figures indicate contour and not surface ornamentation.

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

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