Band

Description

FIG. 1 is a front right perspective view of a band showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, the rear, top, and bottom views thereof forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the area shown in dot-dash lines in FIG. 2, shown separately for ease of illustration.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1-3 show environment, that forms no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash lines in FIG. 4 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a band, as shown and described.

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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/501,772
Filed:	September 8, 2014

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Current U.S. Class:	D11/3
Current International Class:	1101
Field of Search:	;D11/1-25,86,93,94 ;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 ;D5/54

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Primary Examiner: Rademaker; Garth
Assistant Examiner: Pellegrini; Melanie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.