Keyboard

Akana , et al. January 10, 2

Patent Grant D776114

U.S. patent number D776,114 [Application Number D/519,705] was granted by the patent office on 2017-01-10 for keyboard. 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, Keith J. Hendren, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Craig C. Leong, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.

United States Patent D776,114
Akana ,   et al. January 10, 2017
Keyboard
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a keyboard, 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), Hendren; Keith J. (San Francisco, CA), Leong; Craig C. (San Jose, CA)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

Apple Inc.
Cupertino
CA
US
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.: D/519,705
Filed: March 6, 2015
Current U.S. Class: D14/392
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/240,138,318,341,391-399,443,455,456 ;D18/1,2,7,11 ;178/17A,17C ;200/5A,5R,6A,6R ;235/145A,145R ;341/20-23 ;345/156,160,168,169,173 ;361/679.08,679.09,679.11-679.19 ;400/484-489,492,472
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Primary Examiner: Nunn; Freda S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC
Description


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

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the keyboard which form no part of the claimed design.

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