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US 1,070,821 · App. 29/958,964 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Earphone

Inventors: Wenjie Zhuang (Pasadena, CA); Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA); Duy P. Le (Venice, CA); Jeffrey Scott Croyle (San Francisco, CA); Joseph F. Dembs (Los Angeles, CA); Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA); James Swasey (Oakland, CA); Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA); Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,070,821
App. No.
29/958,964
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an earphone as shown and described.

Continuity (1)
Continuation 29883297 · Jan 26, 2023
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