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US 1,094,330 · App. 29/910,274 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Headphone

Inventor: Shinpei Hirano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 1,094,330
App. No.
29/910,274
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a headphone as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2024
From: HIRANO, SHINPEI, MR.
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067254/0922 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-003083 D · Feb 17, 2023 · national
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