Earphone

Morimoto March 9, 2

Patent Grant D912650

U.S. patent number D912,650 [Application Number D/715,158] was granted by the patent office on 2021-03-09 for earphone. This patent grant is currently assigned to SONY CORPORATION. The grantee listed for this patent is SONY CORPORATION. Invention is credited to So Morimoto.


United States Patent D912,650
Morimoto March 9, 2021

Earphone

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.
Inventors: Morimoto; So (Saitama, JP)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

SONY CORPORATION

Tokyo

N/A

JP
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.: D/715,158
Filed: November 27, 2019

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29639762 Mar 8, 2018 D871365

Foreign Application Priority Data

Dec 28, 2017 [JP] 2017-029452
Dec 29, 2017 [CN] 201730682841.X
Current U.S. Class: D14/223; D14/205
Current International Class: 1401
Field of Search: ;D14/205,223,218,168,496 ;D24/174,106 ;128/864-867 ;428/179,189 ;181/132 ;381/380,381 ;455/90.3,575.1,569.1

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Office Action issued in Japanese Application No. D2017-029606, dated May 7, 2019. cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Greene; Paula Allen
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Michael Best and Friedrich LLP

Description



FIG. 1 is a rear elevational view of an earphone showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof; and

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged top plan view thereof along the lines 5-5 and 5'-5' of FIG. 3.

The broken lines illustrating the unclaimed portions of the earphone form no part of the claimed design. Dot-dash broken lines define the boundaries of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design.

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