Pencil
Akana , et al. February 1, 2
U.S. patent number D942,453 [Application Number D/747,600] was granted by the patent office on 2022-02-01 for pencil. 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, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.
| United States Patent | D942,453 |
| Akana , et al. | February 1, 2022 |
Pencil
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a pencil, 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), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shaffer; Benjamin Andrew (San Jose, CA), Silvanto; Mikael (San Francisco, CA), Tan; Joe Sung-Ho (San Francisco, CA), Tissandier; Clement (San Francisco, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (Cupertino, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (Cupertino, CA) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Appl. No.: | D/747,600 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | August 24, 2020 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29654659 | Jun 26, 2018 | D896810 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/411 |
| Current International Class: | 1402 |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/372,496,432,371,125,126,129,299,411 ;D16/300-342 ;351/158,153,144 ;345/7-9,905 ;455/344 ;348/115,53,121,739 |
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Primary Examiner: Murphy; Austin
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC
Description
FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a pencil showing our new design;
FIG. 2 shows a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 shows a top view thereof;
FIG. 4 shows a front view; the rear view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 5 shows a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 6 shows a left view thereof; and,
FIG. 7 shows a right view thereof.
The broken lines illustrate structure or features which form no part of the claimed design.
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