Enclosure for communications device Patent Grant Akana , et al. June 30, 2 [Apple Inc.]

Enclosure for communications device

Akana , et al. June 30, 2

Patent Grant D733146

U.S. patent number D733,146 [Application Number D/441,670] was granted by the patent office on 2015-06-30 for enclosure for communications 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, Sawyer Issac Cohen, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, David A. Pakula, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Christopher J. Stringer, Tang Yew Tan, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Charles B. Woodhull, Rico Zorkendorfer.

United States Patent	D733,146
Akana , et al.	June 30, 2015

Enclosure for communications device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an enclosure for communications device, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Cohen; Sawyer Issac (Sunnyvale, 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), Pakula; David A. (San Francisco, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shukla; Ashutosh Y. (Santa Clara, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Tan; Tang Yew (San Francisco, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Wittenberg; Michael Benjamin (Sunnyvale, CA), Woodhull; Charles B. (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/441,670

Filed:

January 8, 2013

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29423181	May 29, 2012

Current U.S. Class:	D14/439
Current International Class:	1404
Field of Search:	;D14/432,433,253,251,439,446,300,348,302,341,441,440,451,457,448,447,445 ;D13/118,177 ;455/557 ;D8/349 ;248/176.1,346.03 ;361/679.02,600 ;174/354,359

References Cited [Referenced By]

U.S. Patent Documents


D270061	August 1983	Ackeret
D300831	April 1989	Jenkins et al.
D332328	January 1993	Lombardi, Jr.
D384942	October 1997	Vinuela
D410440	June 1999	Carnell
D420354	February 2000	Morales
D469413	January 2003	To et al.
D494165	August 2004	Yokota
D513617	January 2006	Tierney
D515541	February 2006	Jensfelt
D535281	January 2007	Yang
D536329	February 2007	Lee
D539815	April 2007	Lai et al.
D557239	December 2007	Lee
7303424	December 2007	Tu et al.
D558460	January 2008	Yu et al.
D558726	January 2008	Wang et al.
D560227	January 2008	Bennett et al.
D562285	February 2008	Lim
D567819	April 2008	Devericks et al.
D569629	May 2008	Yu et al.
D569837	May 2008	Baik et al.
D583346	December 2008	Jung et al.
D583796	December 2008	Tanaka
D584272	January 2009	Chung et al.
D584738	January 2009	Kim et al.
7554812	June 2009	Lynch et al.
D598887	August 2009	Xiao et al.
D601530	October 2009	Park et al.
D603834	November 2009	Lyman et al.
D606988	December 2009	Andre et al.
D610123	February 2010	Young et al.
7660560	February 2010	Zuo et al.
D618194	June 2010	Kim et al.
D623161	September 2010	Kwon et al.
D626437	November 2010	Lee et al.
D627777	November 2010	Akana et al.
D627778	November 2010	Akana et al.
D629787	December 2010	Lee
D629788	December 2010	Lee
D630181	January 2011	Xiao
D631051	January 2011	DeFronzo
D631454	January 2011	Cui
7869206	January 2011	Dabov et al.
7876274	January 2011	Hobson et al.
D633493	March 2011	Akana et al.
7911774	March 2011	Nakanishi et al.
D636392	April 2011	Akana et al.
D636770	April 2011	Li
7933123	April 2011	Wang et al.
D637596	May 2011	Akana et al.
D637988	May 2011	Jinkinson
D638835	May 2011	Akana et al.
D641017	July 2011	Meng
D647519	October 2011	Rothbaum et al.
D652015	January 2012	Han
8090408	January 2012	Ochi et al.
8106836	January 2012	Hill et al.
D653645	February 2012	Park
D654497	February 2012	Lee
D655701	March 2012	Bruette
D656134	March 2012	Melville et al.
D659132	May 2012	Wen
D671109	November 2012	Rothbaum et al.
D671930	December 2012	Akana et al.
D677664	March 2013	Akana et al.
D677666	March 2013	Akana et al.
D678262	March 2013	Prato
D678290	March 2013	Smith et al.
D691133	October 2013	Akana et al.
D697918	January 2014	Akana et al.
D714294	September 2014	Dinh et al.
D718753	December 2014	Akana et al.
2004/0041504	March 2004	Ozolins et al.
2005/0059438	March 2005	Jellicoe
2005/0130715	June 2005	Fujisawa
2006/0094464	May 2006	Kyou et al.
2006/0111158	May 2006	Hou
2006/0111161	May 2006	Cha et al.
2006/0166713	July 2006	Yeh et al.
2006/0281501	December 2006	Zuo et al.
2009/0067141	March 2009	Dabov et al.
2009/0194660	August 2009	Wu
2009/0219259	September 2009	Kwon
2009/0247244	October 2009	Mittleman et al.
2009/0315690	December 2009	Hwang et al.
2010/0105452	April 2010	Shin et al.
2011/0050560	March 2011	Foster et al.
2011/0151945	June 2011	Jiang et al.
2011/0186325	August 2011	Myers et al.
2011/0188179	August 2011	Myers et al.
2011/0255218	October 2011	Pakula et al.
2011/0255252	October 2011	Sloey et al.
2011/0310029	December 2011	Uttermann et al.
2012/0008266	January 2012	Nomura
2012/0009974	January 2012	Sunderland
2012/0018325	January 2012	Kim
2012/0044123	February 2012	Rothkopf et al.
2012/0044637	February 2012	Rothkopf et al.
2012/0048589	March 2012	Jol
2012/0073115	March 2012	Filson et al.
2012/0099253	April 2012	Tang et al.
2012/0175165	July 2012	Merz et al.
2013/0321237	December 2013	Woodhull et al.

Foreign Patent Documents


000910591-0001	Mar 2008	EM
000938071-0001	May 2008	EM
000939731-0001	Jun 2008	EM
000569157-0005	Sep 2008	EM
001183461-0002	Dec 2009	EM
D132490	Dec 2009	JP
30-0387130	Jul 2005	KR
30-0396917	Nov 2005	KR
30-0418547	Jul 2006	KR
30-0420200	Jul 2006	KR
30-0550428	Jan 2010	KR
30-0553546	Feb 2010	KR

Other References

"File: LG KE850 Prada Hauptmenu.jpg", Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LG.sub.--KE850.sub.--Prada.sub.--Haupt- men%C3%BC.jpg ), published May 13, 2008, 4 pages. cited by applicant .
Ricker, "LG's KE850 Prada official: iPhone says, wha?", (http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-- wha/), Engadget.com, published Jan. 18, 2007, 4 pages. cited by applicant .
Patel, "The HP Slate", (http://www,engadget.com/2010/01/06/the-hp-slate/), Engadget.com, published Jan. 6, 2010, 4 pages. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 29/384,916, filed Feb. 4, 2011, inventors Akana et al., "Component of an Electronic Device" (not published). cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 29/376,052, filed Sep. 30, 2010, inventors Akana et al., "Component of an Electronic Device" (not published). cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 29/423,180, filed May 29, 2012, inventors Akana et al., "Electronic Device" (not published). cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 29/431,553, filed Sep. 7, 2012, inventors Akana et al., "Electronic Device" (not Published). cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M
Assistant Examiner: Hamilton; Kendra L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of an enclosure for communications device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof.

The lines in the Figures which bisect the center of the side surfaces of the component in all views are shade lines and are not boundary lines or surface ornamentation. They may be removed from the drawings without departing from the original disclosure.

* * * * *