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US 1,069,754 · App. 29/936,011 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Earphones

Inventors: Ryan Ott (North Hollywood, CA); Carlos M. Santana (Granada Hills, CA); William R. Rochowicz (Manhattan Beach, CA); Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA); Martin Gschwandtl (San Francisco, CA); Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA); Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,069,754
App. No.
29/936,011
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for earphones as shown and described.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 29858396 · Oct 31, 2022
Continuation 29814679 · Nov 8, 2021
Continuation 29783996 · May 17, 2021
Continuation 29717269 · Dec 16, 2019
Continuation 29685000 · Mar 25, 2019
Continuation 29717267 · Dec 16, 2019
Continuation 29685000 · Mar 25, 2019
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