Front cover of an electronic device
Akana , et al. May 25, 2
Patent Grant D920334
U.S. patent number D920,334 [Application Number D/384,914] was granted by the patent office on 2021-05-25 for front cover of an electronic device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicholas George LeBreton Merz, Pinida Jan Moolsintong, Scott A. Myers, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Tang Yew Tan, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zorkendorfer. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicholas George LeBreton Merz, Pinida Jan Moolsintong, Scott A. Myers, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Tang Yew Tan, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zorkendorfer.
| United States Patent | D920,334 |
| Akana , et al. | May 25, 2021 |
Front cover of an electronic device
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a front cover of an electronic device, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Hankey; Evans (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA), Jobs; Steve (Palo Alto, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Merz; Nicholas George LeBreton (San Francisco, CA), Moolsintong; Pinida Jan (San Francisco, CA), Myers; Scott A. (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (Portola Valley, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Tan; Tang Yew (San Francisco, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Wittenberg; Michael Benjamin (Sunnyvale, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Appl. No.: | D/384,914 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | February 4, 2011 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/439 |
| Current International Class: | 1402 |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/341-347,424,425,432-453,464,468,469,471,496,511,138AA,138AD,138C,138G,203.1-203.8,217,238.1,248,250,257,299 ;361/679.01,679.02,679.03,679.3,679.55,679.56 ;455/550.1,556.1,556.2,575.1,575.3-575.5,575.8,90.3 |
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Primary Examiner: Pratt; Deanna L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a front cover of an electronic device showing our new 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 bottom view thereof; and,
FIG. 7 is a top view thereof.
The shade lines in the Figures show transparency and not surface ornamentation.
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