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US 1,145,746 · App. 29/968,874 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Earphone

Inventors: Ryan Ott (Los Angeles, CA); Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA); Duy P. Le (Venice, CA); Jeffrey Scott Croyle (San Francisco, CA); Matthew Phillip Casebolt (Fremont, CA); Matthew Vincent Costello (Soquel, 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 1,145,746
App. No.
29/968,874
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an earphone as shown and described.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 29880712 · Jul 26, 2023
Continuation 29850597 · Aug 22, 2022
Continuation 29763656 · Dec 23, 2020
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