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Patent Grant D947855

U.S. patent number D947,855 [Application Number D/656,622] was granted by the patent office on 2022-04-05 for cover. 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, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


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United States Patent D947,855
Akana ,   et al. April 5, 2022

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Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a cover, 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; 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/656,622
Filed: July 13, 2018

Current U.S. Class: D14/444
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/203.4,203.6,250-251,315-327,331,345-346,425,434,440,444,451,455-457,477,507 ;D18/2,11 ;D21/324,330,335,515 ;D6/595-596,601,611 ;D3/201,203.6-203.8,900-905 ;206/45.2,45.23

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Primary Examiner: Snapp; Sandra
Assistant Examiner: Swangin; Altaira J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description



FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a cover showing the claimed 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 top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the cover of FIGS. 1-7 in an alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 9 is another side view thereof in a second alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 10 is another side view thereof in a third alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 11 is a bottom front perspective view of a second embodiment of a cover showing the claimed design;

FIG. 12 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a side view of the cover of FIGS. 11-17 in an alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 19 is another side view thereof in a second alternate configuration and in an environment of use; and,

FIG. 20 is another side view thereof in a third alternate configuration and in an environment of use.

The broken lines in the figures show environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

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