U.S. patent number D920,317 [Application Number D/607,252] was granted by the patent office on 2021-05-25 for case for electronic communications device or the like.
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, 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.
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United States Patent |
D920,317 |
Akana , et al. |
May 25, 2021 |
Case for electronic communications device or the like
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a case for electronic
communications device or the like, 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),
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 |
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Assignee: |
Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
CA)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/607,252 |
Filed: |
June 12, 2017 |
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Issue Date |
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29538665 |
Sep 4, 2015 |
D789346 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/250 |
Current International
Class: |
1403 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/203.3-203.7,439,251-253,447,217,240,238.1,250,440,248
;D13/103,107-108,119 ;D3/201,218,247,249,269,273,301,303 |
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Other References
Internet Archive WayBack Machine date search of iPhone 6/6s Smart
Battery Case--White,
URL:<https://web.archive.org/web/20161001000000*/http://www.apple.com/-
shop/product/MGQM2LL/A/iphone-6-6s-smart-battery-case-white>,
retrieved from internet on Nov. 23, 2020. cited by examiner .
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Primary Examiner: Wright; Carla J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a bottom rear perspective view of a case for electronic
communications device or the like showing the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof; and,
FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof.
The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the case
that form no part of the claimed design.
The dot-dash broken line in FIGS. 1 and 4-6 represent a boundary of
the claimed design. The dashed and dot-dash broken lines form no
part of the claimed design.
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References