Band Patent Grant Akana , et al. September 28, 2 [Apple Inc.]

Band

Akana , et al. September 28, 2

Patent Grant D931751

U.S. patent number D931,751 [Application Number D/746,613] was granted by the patent office on 2021-09-28 for band. 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, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.

United States Patent	D931,751
Akana , et al.	September 28, 2021

Band

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a band, 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), Bataille; Marine C. (San Francisco, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Diebel; Markus (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), Jaede; Julian (San Francisco, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Newson; Marc A. (London, GB), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shaffer; Benjamin Andrew (San Jose, CA), Tan; Joe Sung-Ho (San Francisco, CA), Tissandier; Clement (San Francisco, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Apple Inc.	Cupertino	CA	US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/746,613

Filed:

August 14, 2020

Current U.S. Class:	D11/3
Current International Class:	1101
Field of Search:	;D11/1-3,12,15 ;D10/30,32,38,70 ;D14/344 ;D2/627,635,636,638

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

Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top 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;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is another perspective view thereof, showing the band in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in FIG. 9 represent environmental subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design.

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