Case for mobile communications device Patent Grant Akana , et al. July 17, 2 [Apple Inc.]

Case for mobile communications device

Akana , et al. July 17, 2

Patent Grant D823289

U.S. patent number D823,289 [Application Number D/501,660] was granted by the patent office on 2018-07-17 for case for mobile communications device. 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, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.

United States Patent	D823,289
Akana , et al.	July 17, 2018

Case for mobile communications device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a case for mobile communications device, 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)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Apple Inc.	Cupertino	CA	US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/501,660

Filed:

September 5, 2014

Current U.S. Class:	D14/250
Current International Class:	1403
Field of Search:	;D14/238.1,440,203.3-203.7,217,240,248,251-253,447,496,250 ;D3/201,218,247,269,273,301,303 ;D13/103,107-108,119

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Primary Examiner: Wright; Carla Jobe
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a case for mobile communications device 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 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.

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