Earphone
Akana , et al.
U.S. patent number RE47,915 [Application Number D/678,501] was granted by the patent office on 2020-03-24 for earphone. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Hwang-Miaw Chen, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.
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| United States Patent | RE47,915 |
| Akana , et al. | March 24, 2020 |
Earphone
| Inventors: | Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Palo Alto, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (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), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (Kailua, HI), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA), Chen; Hwang-Miaw (Tu-Cheng, TW) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Family ID: | 45477130 | ||||||||||
| Appl. No.: | D/678,501 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | January 29, 2019 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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| Reissue of: | 29389697 | Apr 15, 2011 | D652823 | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/223 |
| Current CPC Class: | H04R 1/1016 (20130101) |
| Current International Class: | H04R 1/26 (20060101); 1401 () |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/138R,172,188,191,192,203.1,204,205,206,223,224,225,249,372,433,496 ;D24/174 |
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Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Claims
CLAIM
The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an earphone showing my new design.
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1.
FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the earphone of FIG. 1.
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the earphone of FIG. 1.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of an earphone showing my new design.
FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8.
FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8.
FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8.
FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the earphone of FIG. 8; and,
FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the earphone of FIG. 8.
Portions of FIGS. 1 to 14 that are shown as broken lines are for illustrative purpose only and form no part of the claimed design.
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