U.S. patent number D938,428 [Application Number D/714,456] was granted by the patent office on 2021-12-14 for cover for an electronic device.
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, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Kevin M. Froese, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Matthew David Hill, Julian Hoenig, 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, Rico Zorkendorfer.
United States Patent |
D938,428 |
Akana , et al. |
December 14, 2021 |
Cover for an electronic device
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a cover for an electronic device,
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 (San
Francisco, CA), Diebel; Markus (San Francisco, CA), Dinh;
Richard Hung Minh (Saratoga, CA), Froese; Kevin M. (San
Francisco, CA), Gomez Garcia; Jonathan (San Francisco,
CA), Hankey; M. Evans (San Francisco, CA), Hill; Matthew
David (Santa Clara, 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),
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), 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)
|
Appl.
No.: |
D/714,456 |
Filed: |
November 22, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/439;
D14/432 |
Current International
Class: |
1402 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/125-134,137,138R,138AA,138AB,138AC,138AD,138C,138G,147,203.1-203.8,217,218,238.1,247,248,250,257,299,315-318,332,336,341-347,371,374-377,388,389,420,424,426,429,432,489,492,496,425,433-453,464,468,469,471,511
;D6/300-310 ;D10/50,65,98,104.1 ;D16/241 ;D17/24,99 ;D18/4.6,6
;D20/10,19,39 ;D21/329,330,517 |
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least as early as Nov. 22, 2019, Retrieved from the Internet: (URL:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/essential-phone). cited by
applicant .
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Primary Examiner: Almatrahi; Ramzi
Assistant Examiner: Cunningham; Charles
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a bottom and front perspective view of a cover for an
electronic device showing the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom and rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.
The broken lines in the figures show portions of the cover for an
electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.
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