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D732008
Priority
Sep 08 2012
Filed
Jun 12 2014
Issued
Jun 16 2015
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Jun 16 2029
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The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an earphone showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.
The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the earphone that form no part of the claimed design. The dot dash lines show an unclaimed boundary and form no part of the claimed design.
The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.
Akana, Jody , Andre, Bartley K. , Bataillou, Jeremy , Coster, Daniel J. , De Iuliis, Daniele , Hankey, M. Evans , Hoenig, Julian , Howarth, Richard P. , Ive, Jonathan P. , Kerr, Duncan Robert , Nishibori, Shin , Rohrbach, Matthew Dean , Russell-Clarke, Peter , Stringer, Christopher J. , Whang, Eugene Antony , Zörkendörfer, Rico
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