U.S. patent number D728,528 [Application Number D/431,844] was granted by the patent office on 2015-05-05 for input mechanism.
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 |
D728,528 |
Akana , et al. |
May 5, 2015 |
Input mechanism
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for an input mechanism, 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), 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: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
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
Menlo Park
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
Kailua
San Francisco
San Francisco
Woodside
San Francisco
San Francisco |
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
HI
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA |
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US |
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Assignee: |
Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
CA)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/431,844 |
Filed: |
September 11, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/218;
D14/388 |
Current International
Class: |
1403 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/188,192,217,218,205,206,223,388,432,433
;D13/133,145,155,158,171 ;181/129,130 ;381/94.1,104,105,106,109,380
;385/70,98 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Other References
US. Appl. No. 29/431,563, "Earphone," inventors Akana, J. et al.,
filed Sep. 8, 2012 (Not Published). cited by applicant.
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Primary Examiner: Pratt; Deanna L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an input mechanism showing
our new design;
FIG. 2 is a 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; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.
The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the input
mechanism which form no part of the claimed design.
The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface
ornamentation.
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