Case with earphones

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a bottom 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 broken lines in the figures show portions of the case and earphones that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a case with earphones, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Koneru; Vijay Karthik (Los Angeles, CA), Wiita; Christopher (West Hollywood, CA), Le; Duy P. (Los Angeles, CA), Boyd; Robert (Los Angeles, CA), Corbin; Sean Stewart (South Lake Tahoe, CA), Raoult; Guillaume (San Francisco, CA), Chu; Elvin (San Francisco, CA), Gschwandtl; Martin (San Francisco, CA), Kuh; Christopher (San Francisco, CA), Brunner; Robert (Glen Ellen, CA)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Apple Inc. Cupertino CA US
Assignee:	Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.:	D/722,474
Filed:	January 30, 2020

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	29690695	May 9, 2019
	29685004	Mar 25, 2019

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Current U.S. Class:	D3/274; D14/223; D13/108; D3/294
Current International Class:	0301
Field of Search:	;D3/201,218,273,274,294,295,208,212,302,266 ;D14/217,221,223,496 ;D13/118,103,108 ;D28/78,83

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

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