Touch sensor piano keyboard Patent Grant Rosenberg , et al. De [Sensel, Inc.]

Touch sensor piano keyboard

Rosenberg , et al. De

Patent Grant D835181

U.S. patent number D835,181 [Application Number D/575,551] was granted by the patent office on 2018-12-04 for touch sensor piano keyboard. This patent grant is currently assigned to SENSEL, INC.. The grantee listed for this patent is Sensel, Inc.. Invention is credited to Stephanie Wanti Lim, Reuben Eric Martinez, Brogan Carl Miller, Tomer Moscovich, Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, John Aaron Zarraga.

United States Patent	D835,181
Rosenberg , et al.	December 4, 2018

Touch sensor piano keyboard

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a touch sensor piano keyboard, as shown.

Inventors:

Rosenberg; Ilya Daniel (Mountain View, CA), Zarraga; John Aaron (San Francisco, CA), Miller; Brogan Carl (Davis, CA), Martinez; Reuben Eric (Gilroy, CA), Lim; Stephanie Wanti (Los Altos Hills, CA), Moscovich; Tomer (San Francisco, CA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Sensel, Inc.	Mountain View	CA	US

Assignee:

SENSEL, INC. (Mountain View, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/575,551

Filed:

August 25, 2016

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
14499090	Sep 27, 2014	9459746
14314662	Apr 7, 2015	9001082

Current U.S. Class:	D17/1
Current International Class:	1701
Field of Search:	;D17/1-5,7-9,24,99 ;D21/405,409,586 ;D19/150 ;D14/175,188,196-198,217,257-258,341,347,439,454,458,459,389,390,391

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Primary Examiner: Lane; Sheryl
Assistant Examiner: Wood; Samantha N
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Gourley; James R. Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a touch sensor piano keyboard showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top right front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top right rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top left rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a top left front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a bottom right front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom right rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom left rear perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom left front perspective view thereof.

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