USB device

Akana , et al. November 19, 2

Patent Grant D693828

U.S. patent number D693,828 [Application Number D/441,757] was granted by the patent office on 2013-11-19 for usb device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, 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 D693,828
Akana ,   et al. November 19, 2013

USB device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a USB 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), Hankey; M. Evans (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:
Name City State Country Type

Apple Inc.

Cupertino

CA

US
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.: D/441,757
Filed: January 9, 2013

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29416442 Mar 22, 2012 D675215
29377060 Oct 15, 2010 D658665

Current U.S. Class: D14/480.1; D14/436
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/411,433,435,435.1,436-438,455,480.1-480.7,484.1,137,155,203.1-203.8,218,240 ;D13/133,146-147,154,168 ;710/300,301 ;439/131,135-147 ;361/679.31,679.33,679.4,752 ;711/100,115

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Primary Examiner: Kearney; Karen E
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C.

Description



FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a USB device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is another front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is another rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of a USB device which form no part of the claimed design.

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