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US 1,108,436 · App. 29/930,746 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

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Inventors: Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA); Bartley K. Andre (Los Gatos, CA); Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA); Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA); Abidur Rahman Chowdhury (San Francisco, CA); Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA); Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA); Alexandre B. Girard (Sunnyvale, CA); M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA); Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco, CA); Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA); Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA); Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA); Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA); Kainoa Kwon-Perez (San Francisco, CA); Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Los Gatos, CA); Peter Riering-Czekalla (Oakland, CA); Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA); Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA); Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,108,436
App. No.
29/930,746
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a cover as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2024
From: ANDERSON, MOLLY; ANDRE, BARTLEY K.; AOYAGI, SHOTA; BATAILLE, MARINE C.; CHOWDHURY, ABIDUR RAHMAN; COURTAIGNE, CLARA GENEVIÈVE MARINE; DIEBEL, MARKUS; GIRARD, ALEXANDRE B.; HANKEY, M. EVANS; HECK, ANNE-MARIE; HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, MOISES; HOWARTH, RICHARD P.; JAEDE, JULIAN; KERR, DUNCAN ROBERT; KWON-PEREZ, KAINOA; LYLYK, NICOLAS PEDRO; RIERING-CZEKALLA, PETER; RUSSELL-CLARKE, PETER; SHAFFER, BENJAMIN ANDREW; TISSANDIER, CLEMENT
To: APPLE INC.
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