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Description
The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case that form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a case as shown and described.
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Patent History
Patent number: D1131015
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 15, 2024
Date of Patent: Jun 23, 2026
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (Los Altos Hills, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Los Gatos, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Anthony Michael Ashcroft (San Francisco, CA), Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Abidur Rahman Chowdhury (San Francisco, CA), Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Alexandre B. Girard (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (Sunnyvale, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco, CA), Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Kainoa Kwon-Perez (San Francisco, CA), Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Los Gatos, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Jose, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Richard Edgar
Assistant Examiner: Jillian Mazzola
Application Number: 29/952,213
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 15, 2024
Date of Patent: Jun 23, 2026
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (Los Altos Hills, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Los Gatos, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Anthony Michael Ashcroft (San Francisco, CA), Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Abidur Rahman Chowdhury (San Francisco, CA), Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Alexandre B. Girard (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (Sunnyvale, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco, CA), Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Kainoa Kwon-Perez (San Francisco, CA), Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Los Gatos, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Jose, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Richard Edgar
Assistant Examiner: Jillian Mazzola
Application Number: 29/952,213
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
D3/294;
Cordless Appliance Type (D13/108);
D3/318