Electronic device

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an electronic device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of the electronic device taken from FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion of the electronic device taken from FIG. 5.

The dot-dashed broken lines in the figures are for the purpose of illustrating from where the enlarged views are taken and form no part of the claimed design.

The shade lines in the figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

The oblique shade lines in the figures show transparency or translucency.

Claims

The ornamental design for an electronic device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D976898
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 2, 2019
Date of Patent: Jan 31, 2023
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Anthony Michael Ashcroft (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Julian Hoenig (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Messina L Smith
Assistant Examiner: Aram Kwon
Application Number: 29/715,443
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Pocket Type (D14/341)