Crown for electronic device

Akana , et al.

Patent Grant D849749

U.S. patent number D849,749 [Application Number D/640,617] was granted by the patent office on 2019-05-28 for crown for electronic 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, Brad G. Boozer, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D849,749
Akana ,   et al. May 28, 2019

Crown for electronic device

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a crown for electronic 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), Boozer; Brad G. (Cupertino, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Ely; Colin (Cupertino, CA), Hankey; M. Evans (San Francisco, CA), Hobson; Phillip M. (Menlo Park, CA), Hoenig; Julian (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Newson; Marc A. (London, GB), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Rothkopf; Fletcher (Los Altos, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shaffer; Benjamin Andrew (San Jose, CA), Silvanto; Mikael (San Francsico, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Wittenberg; Michael Benjamin (Sunnyvale, 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/640,617
Filed: March 15, 2018

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29593685 Feb 10, 2017 D813239
29499071 Feb 14, 2017 D778912

Current U.S. Class: D14/432
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/300-302,308-313,314,348,353-355,432,439-446,240 ;361/679.02,679.31,679.5,690,694,679.23,801,802 ;312/332.1,334.1 ;D13/162 ;D10/50

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

Description



The file of this patent contains at least one drawing/photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawing(s)/photograph(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a crown for electronic device showing the claimed 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.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures and the areas within the dot-dash broken lines show portions of the crown for electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

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