Set of bands for a watch or smart watch Patent Grant Riot , et al. November 10, 2 [Fitbit, Inc.]

Set of bands for a watch or smart watch

Riot , et al. November 10, 2

Patent Grant D901322

U.S. patent number D901,322 [Application Number D/728,447] was granted by the patent office on 2020-11-10 for set of bands for a watch or smart watch. This patent grant is currently assigned to Fitbit, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Fitbit, Inc.. Invention is credited to Jonah Avram Becker, Eric John Fairbanks, Ching-Lung Hsu, Anthony Gerald Kern, Jens Mitchell Nielsen, Brian Dennis Paschke, Christopher Alan Porter, Benjamin Patrick Robert Jean Riot, Stephen Ronald Smilovitz.

United States Patent	D901,322
Riot , et al.	November 10, 2020

Set of bands for a watch or smart watch

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a set of bands for a watch or smart watch, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Riot; Benjamin Patrick Robert Jean (San Francisco, CA), Paschke; Brian Dennis (San Francisco, CA), Fairbanks; Eric John (Lafayette, CA), Kern; Anthony Gerald (Pleasant Hill, CA), Becker; Jonah Avram (San Francisco, CA), Hsu; Ching-Lung (Taipei, TW), Smilovitz; Stephen Ronald (Belmont, CA), Nielsen; Jens Mitchell (San Francisco, CA), Porter; Christopher Alan (Tiburon, CA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Fitbit, Inc.	San Francisco	CA	US

Assignee:

Fitbit, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/728,447

Filed:

March 18, 2020

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29712571	Nov 8, 2019

Current U.S. Class:	D11/3; D14/344; D24/186
Current International Class:	1101
Field of Search:	;D14/138R,144,341,344,358,388,218,485-495 ;D10/30-39,70,98 ;D11/3,4,26,93-94,78.1,79,86 ;D24/167,169,186-187,164

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Primary Examiner: Wilson; Michelle E.
Assistant Examiner: Reed; Kristin E
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Polson Intellectual Property Law, PC Polson; Margaret

Description

FIG. 1 is a top side isometric view of our new design for a set of bands for a watch or smart watch.

FIG. 2 is a top side plan is a view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a bottom side plan view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a front side elevation view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a back side elevation view of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is an isometric view of the set of bands of FIG. 1 in the worn configuration.

The features shown in broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the set of bands for a watch or smart watch that form no part of the claimed design.

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