U.S. patent number D686,627 [Application Number D/415,277] was granted by the patent office on 2013-07-23 for case.
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, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, 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. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, 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 |
D686,627 |
Akana , et al. |
July 23, 2013 |
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Case
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a case, as shown and described.
Inventors: |
Akana; Jody (San Francisco,
CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Palo Alto, CA), Bataillou;
Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San
Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA),
Hankey; M. Evans (San Francisco, CA), Hoenig; Julian
(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) |
Applicant: |
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Akana; Jody
Andre; Bartley K.
Bataillou; Jeremy
Coster; Daniel J.
De Iuliis; Daniele
Hankey; M. Evans
Hoenig; Julian
Howarth; Richard P.
Ive; Jonathan P.
Kerr; Duncan Robert
Nishibori; Shin
Rohrbach; Matthew Dean
Russell-Clarke; Peter
Stringer; Christopher J.
Whang; Eugene Antony
Zorkendorfer; Rico |
San Francisco
Palo Alto
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
Kailua
San Francisco
San Francisco
Woodside
San Francisco
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HI
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CA
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Assignee: |
Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
CA)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/415,277 |
Filed: |
March 8, 2012 |
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29415035 |
Mar 6, 2012 |
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29415062 |
Mar 7, 2012 |
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29415035 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/440 |
Current International
Class: |
1402 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/248,130,432,439,300,246,223,138AA,240,217,496,250,251,253,440,203.3,203.4,203.5,203.8
;D3/218,215,201 ;206/320 ;361/679.03,679.56,683,679.09 ;112/475.19
;162/134,140,231 ;156/148,209 ;5/413AM,709
;379/88.17,387.01,388.02,419,440 ;220/4.02 ;248/309.1 ;345/173
;455/575.1,575.8 ;190/100 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
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Other References
Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/382,846, filed Jan. 7, 2011, "Portable
Display Device," Andre et al. (not published). cited by applicant
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"Review: AViiQ Smart Case for iPad 2 ", which was published on
YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaHjzeVWEuA, May 24,
2011, 3 pages. cited by applicant .
"AViiQ Smart Case for iPad 2 compliments Apple's Smart Cover
(Review)", which was published on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMoZM-ZSn4g, Aug. 31, 2011, 2 pages.
cited by applicant .
Youtube.com, "iPad 2--Best Protective Case--Smart Cover + Smart
Back Cover by Simplism",
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?y=SRHhU98NAd0&feature=endscreen&NR=1),
May 15, 2011, 2 pages. cited by applicant.
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Primary Examiner: Underwood; Cynthia
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox PLLC
Description
FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a case in an open
position showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a front view thereof; showing the case in a closed
position;
FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the case in an open position shown in
two parts for ease of illustration with the dot-dash-dot line
forming no part of the claim;
FIG. 11 is a top view thereof shown in two parts for ease of
illustration with the dot-dash-dot line forming no part of the
claim; and,
FIG. 12 is an enlarged view taken from FIG. 1.
The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the case which
form no part of the claimed design.
The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface
ornamentation.
The dot-dash-dot lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 12 show an
unclaimed boundary, and form no part of the claimed design. The
dot-dot-dash lines in FIGS. 10 and 11 show the location at which
the two parts are divided, and form no part of the claimed
design.
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