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US 1,086,710 · App. 29/966,977 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Case with earphones

Inventors: Kjell Ferdinand Ekman (Los Angeles, CA); Christina J. Smiechowski (West Hollywood, CA); Duy P Le (Venice, CA); Jeffrey Scott Croyle (San Francisco, CA); Matthew Phillip Casebolt (Fremont, CA); Matthew Vincent Costello (Soquel, CA); Ryan Ott (Los Angeles, CA); Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA); James Swasey (Oakland, CA); Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA); Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,086,710
App. No.
29/966,977
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a case with earphones as shown and described.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 29893389 · May 30, 2023
Continuation 29846199 · Jul 14, 2022
Continuation 29763657 · Dec 23, 2020
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