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Patent Grant D839837

U.S. patent number D839,837 [Application Number D/642,590] was granted by the patent office on 2019-02-05 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 D839,837
Akana ,   et al. February 5, 2019

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/642,590
Filed: March 30, 2018

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Current U.S. Class: D13/147
Current International Class: 1303
Field of Search: ;D13/133,146,147,154,184,199 ;D14/432,433,435.1

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Primary Examiner: Bui; Daniel D
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 broken lines in the figures show portions of the adapter that form no part of the claimed design.

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