Headphones
Akana , et al. December 7, 2
U.S. patent number D937,806 [Application Number D/779,423] was granted by the patent office on 2021-12-07 for headphones. 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, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Genevieve Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang.
| United States Patent | D937,806 |
| Akana , et al. | December 7, 2021 |
Headphones
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for headphones, 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), Chowdhury; Abidur Rahman (San Francisco, CA), Courtaigne; Clara Genevieve Marine (Palo Alto, CA), Diebel; Markus (San Francisco, CA), Gomez Garcia; Jonathan (San Francisco, CA), Hankey; M. Evans (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), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shaffer; Benjamin Andrew (San Jose, CA), Tan; Sung-Ho (San Francisco, CA), Tissandier; Clement (San Francisco, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Appl. No.: | D/779,423 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | April 19, 2021 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29731849 | Apr 17, 2020 | D916680 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/205 |
| Current International Class: | 1401 |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/205,223,248,240,219 ;D29/112 ;2/209 ;381/380,381,374 ;455/90.3,575.1,569.1 ;D5/54,60,61 |
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Primary Examiner: Greene; Paula Allen
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/731,847, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, is also incorporated herein in its entirety by reference thereto.
FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of headphones 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 headphones that form no part of the claimed design.
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