IP Library Granted Patent US 1,121,626
Granted Patent S1
US 1,121,626 · App. 29/962,882 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Electronic device

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); Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA); M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA); Anna Heck (San Francisco, CA); Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA); Richard P. Howarth (Lake Forest, IL); 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 1,121,626
App. No.
29/962,882
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an electronic device as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: ANDERSON, MOLLY; ANDRE, BARTLEY K.; AOYAGI, SHOTA; BATAILLE, MARINE C.; CHOWDHURY, ABIDUR RAHMAN; COURTAIGNE, CLARA GENEVIÈVE MARINE; DIEBEL, MARKUS; GIRARD, ALEXANDRE B.; GOMEZ GARCIA, JONATHAN; HANKEY, M. EVANS; HECK, ANNA; 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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