Earphone
- Apple
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Description
The dashed 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: D990458
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 15, 2022
Date of Patent: Jun 27, 2023
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA), Sean Stewart Corbin (South Lake Tahoe, CA), Duy P. Le (Los Angeles, CA), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/853,397
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 15, 2022
Date of Patent: Jun 27, 2023
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA), Sean Stewart Corbin (South Lake Tahoe, CA), Duy P. Le (Los Angeles, CA), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/853,397
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
Headphone (D14/223)