Case with earphones

Akana , et al.

Patent Grant D878045

U.S. patent number D878,045 [Application Number D/692,476] was granted by the patent office on 2020-03-17 for case with earphones. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D878,045
Akana ,   et al. March 17, 2020

Case with earphones

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a case with earphones, as shown and described.
Inventors: Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Anderson; Molly (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Palo Alto, CA), Aoyagi; Shota (San Francisco, CA), Ashcroft; Anthony Michael (San Francisco, CA), Bataille; Marine C. (San Francisco, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Diebel; Markus (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), Jaede; Julian (San Francisco, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (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), Tan; Joe Sung-Ho (San Francisco, CA), Tissandier; Clement (San Francisco, 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/692,476
Filed: May 24, 2019

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29594338 Feb 17, 2017 D849401
29576707 Jan 2, 2018 D806388

Current U.S. Class: D3/274; D3/294
Current International Class: 0301
Field of Search: ;D3/201,208,212,271.1,273,294,218,215,269,270,302,266 ;D9/711,455 ;D14/217,221,223,496 ;D13/118 ;D28/78,82

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

Description



FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a case with earphones 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; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

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

The unshaded surfaces on the interior of the case with earphones form no part of the claimed design.

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