Keyboard

Akana , et al. June 6, 2

Patent Grant D788784

U.S. patent number D788,784 [Application Number D/558,786] was granted by the patent office on 2017-06-06 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, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D788,784
Akana ,   et al. June 6, 2017

Keyboard

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a keyboard, as shown and described.
Inventors: Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Anderson; Molly (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), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shaffer; Benjamin Andrew (San Jose, CA), Silvanto; Mikael (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Tissandier; Clement (San Francisco, 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/558,786
Filed: March 21, 2016

Current U.S. Class: D14/456
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/250,315-327,345,391-399,440,455,456 ;D18/1,2,7,11 ;235/145A,145R ;341/22,23 ;345/104,156,168,169,173 ;361/679.08,679.09,679.11,679.26,679.27

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Primary Examiner: Nunn; Freda S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description



U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/538,661 filed Sep. 4, 2015 is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference thereto.

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a keyboard showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the keyboard that form no part of the claimed design.

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