Earphone
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Description
The broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphone that form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for an earphone as shown and described.
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Patent History
Patent number: D1103971
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 31, 2025
Date of Patent: Dec 2, 2025
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA), Sean Stewart Corbin (South Lake Tahoe, CA), Duy P. Le (Venice, CA), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/996,222
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 31, 2025
Date of Patent: Dec 2, 2025
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA), Sean Stewart Corbin (South Lake Tahoe, CA), Duy P. Le (Venice, CA), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/996,222
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
Headphone (D14/223)