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Akana , et al. September 6, 2
Patent Grant D962643
U.S. patent number D962,643 [Application Number D/811,151] was granted by the patent office on 2022-09-06 for case. 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, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, 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 | D962,643 |
| Akana , et al. | September 6, 2022 |
Case
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a case, 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), 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), Tan; Sung-Ho (Vienna, AT), Tissandier; Clement (San Francisco, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Appl. No.: | D/811,151 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | October 12, 2021 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29764869 | Jan 4, 2021 | D933636 | |||
| 29706555 | Jan 5, 2021 | D907009 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | D3/294; D14/223; D3/201 |
| Current International Class: | 0301 |
| Field of Search: | ;D3/201,294,295,273 ;D14/223,205,224 ;D9/420,423,627,748,455,426,425 ;D28/76,78,83,66 ;206/320,259 ;220/160.1,8 ;132/324 ;229/226,149,232 ;320/110 ;D6/536 ;D16/237 ;455/90.3,575.1,569.1 ;D13/107,108 |
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Primary Examiner: Greene; Paula Allen
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a case 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; and,
FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.
The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case that form no part of the claimed design.
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