Electronic device

Akana , et al. June 9, 2

Patent Grant D731481

U.S. patent number D731,481 [Application Number D/489,981] was granted by the patent office on 2015-06-09 for electronic 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, 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, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D731,481
Akana ,   et al. June 9, 2015

Electronic device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an electronic device, 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), 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/489,981
Filed: May 5, 2014

Current U.S. Class: D14/341
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/341-347,137,138R,138AA,138C,138G,496,203.1,203.3,203.4,203.7,129,130,147,218,242,248,389,388,426,420 ;D10/65,104.1 ;D18/6-7 ;D21/324,329,330 ;455/556.1,556.2,566,575.1,90.3 ;379/433.04,433.01,433.06,916 ;345/173,901,905 ;361/679.26,679.3,679.55,679.56

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

Description



FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of an electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top 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 bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

The oblique shade lines in the Figures show a transparent, reflective, or shiny surface, and not surface ornamentation. All other shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

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