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D867325
Priority
Sep 08 2012
Filed
Oct 21 2016
Issued
Nov 19 2019
Expiry
Nov 19 2034
TERM.DISCL.
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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 the claimed 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 dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphone that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries that 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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