Band

Akana , et al. April 21, 2

Patent Grant D727198

U.S. patent number D727,198 [Application Number D/498,994] was granted by the patent office on 2015-04-21 for band. 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, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.

United States Patent D727,198
Akana ,   et al. April 21, 2015
Band
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a band, as shown and described.
Inventors: Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Palo Alto, CA), Aoyagi; Shota (San Francisco, CA), Ashcroft; Anthony Michael (San Francisco, 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), Newson; Marc A. (London, GB), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shaffer; Benjamin Andrew (San Jose, CA), Silvanto; Mikael (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/498,994
Filed: August 11, 2014
Current U.S. Class: D11/3
Current International Class: 1101
Field of Search: ;D11/1-25,94 ;D10/30-39,70,46 ;24/456,574.1,587.11,587.12,578.15 ;600/301 ;224/164,175 ;368/276,281,282,285
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Primary Examiner: Rademaker; Garth
Assistant Examiner: Pellegrini; Melanie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Description


FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a band 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 left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in FIG. 9 show environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

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