Adapter

Akana , et al. March 21, 2

Patent Grant D781785

U.S. patent number D781,785 [Application Number D/544,310] was granted by the patent office on 2017-03-21 for adapter. 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 D781,785
Akana ,   et al. March 21, 2017
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Adapter

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an adapter, 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
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.: D/544,310
Filed: November 2, 2015

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29481729 Feb 10, 2014 D742320
29431841 Sep 11, 2012 D699188

Current U.S. Class: D13/147
Current International Class: 1303
Field of Search: ;D13/133,146,147,154,184,199 ;D14/433,434,435.1,436,438

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

Description



FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an adapter showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

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