U.S. patent number D769,849 [Application Number D/530,281] was granted by the patent office on 2016-10-25 for earphone.
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, 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 |
D769,849 |
Akana , et al. |
October 25, 2016 |
Earphone
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and
described.
Inventors: |
Akana; Jody (San Francisco,
CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Palo Alto, 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 |
Apple Inc. |
Cupertino |
CA |
US |
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Assignee: |
APPLE INC. (Cupertino,
CA)
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Family
ID: |
48146477 |
Appl.
No.: |
D/530,281 |
Filed: |
June 15, 2015 |
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29493749 |
Jun 12, 2014 |
D732008 |
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29453449 |
Jun 17, 2014 |
D707206 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/223 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04R1/10 20130101;
H04R1/1016 20130101; H04R5/033 20130101 |
Current International
Class: |
1401 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/223,205,188,192
;D24/106,174 ;181/129,130,135 ;379/430,431
;381/380,381,370,374,378,183,187,327,385,379,328,322,330,312,324
;128/864,865 ;455/90.3,575.2 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Other References
"iBlink WLP3 Earbuds--100Hz-10kHz, Noise Isolation, 3.5mm Jack, LED
Light (Pink), White," TigerDirect.com, accessed at
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpN-
o=3988300&csid=.sub.--61, last accessed on Jan. 31, 2013; 4
pages. cited by applicant .
"Philips SHE2650/37 In-Ear Earbuds with Twin Vents,"
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cited by applicant.
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Primary Examiner: Greene; Paula
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox PLLC
Description
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an earphone 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 right side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.
The dashed broken lines in the Figures show portions of the
earphone that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash
broken lines show a boundary that forms no part of the claimed
design. The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface
ornamentation.
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References