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D929972
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Priority
Sep 20 2019
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Filed
Feb 01 2021
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Issued
Sep 07 2021
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Expiry
Sep 07 2036
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The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.
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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 left side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right 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.
Akana, Jody, Andre, Bartley K., Aoyagi, Shota, Bataillou, Jeremy, Hankey, M. Evans, Hoenig, Julian, Howarth, Richard P., Ive, Jonathan P., Kerr, Duncan Robert, Russell-Clarke, Peter, Whang, Eugene Antony, Zörkendörfer, Rico, Anderson, Molly, Ashcroft, Anthony Michael, Bataille, Marine C., Diebel, Markus, Jaede, Julian, Shaffer, Benjamin Andrew, Tissandier, Clement, Tan, Sung-Ho
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