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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) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Appl. No.: | D/415,277 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | March 8, 2012 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29415035 | Mar 6, 2012 | ||||
| 29415062 | Mar 7, 2012 | ||||
| 29415035 | Mar 6, 2012 | ||||
| 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 |
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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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