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Patent Grant D873660

U.S. patent number D873,660 [Application Number D/661,773] was granted by the patent office on 2020-01-28 for case. 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 D873,660
Akana ,   et al. January 28, 2020

Case

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a case, 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/661,773
Filed: August 30, 2018

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29572804 Jul 29, 2016 D827432
29501046 Aug 9, 2016 D763104

Current U.S. Class: D9/436; D9/756; D3/313
Current International Class: 0907
Field of Search: ;D9/341,345,347,348,414,418,424,419,430,432,456,732,737,750,756-760,436 ;D7/701,601,703,708 ;D3/201,203.3,263,272-274,304,315,318,319,901,903,905 ;D24/230,227 ;D6/682,682.2-682.4,683,683.1,702,703 ;211/71.01,88.01,90.01,126 ;206/139,292,557,558,564-566

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Primary Examiner: Teddy Falloway; W. A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description



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

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof showing the case in an environment in which it may be used.

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

The dot-dash lines show unclaimed boundaries that form no part of the claimed design.

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