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Actuator for a portable electronic device
D542285 Actuator for a portable electronic device

Patent Drawings:
Inventor: O'Neil, et al.
Date Issued: May 8, 2007
Application: D/189,764
Filed: September 11, 2003
Inventors: O'Neil; Daniel G. (Seattle, WA)
Ledbetter; Carl J. (Mercer Island, WA)
Siddiqui; Kabir (Sammamish, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Primary Examiner: Asch; Jeffrey
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney Or Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
U.S. Class: D14/247; D14/257; D14/439; D14/456
Field Of Search: D14/137; D14/138; D14/147; D14/148; D14/247; D14/248; D14/217; D14/402; D14/144; D14/257; D14/258; D14/218; D14/341; D14/342; D14/343; D14/344; D14/345; D14/346; D14/347; D14/400; D14/401; 379/433.01; 379/434; D21/517; D21/329; D21/331; D21/333; 455/575.3; 455/566; 455/575.1; 455/575.4; 455/575.6; 455/556.1; 455/556.2; 345/169; 345/184; D13/174; D13/175; D13/168; 200/4; 200/570; 200/14; 200/18; 200/11TW
International Class: 1403
U.S Patent Documents: D275502; 5446481; 5448240; D413597; D415770; 6094586; 6097964; D430558; D432123; 6211474; 6218635; D441760; 6271488; 6332024; 6333473; 6370362; 6388212; 6397084; D458915; 6441325; 6487424; D473564; 6555768; 6570596; 6571086; 6717572; D489698; D494968; 6785565; D496645; D506467; D506757; 6930259; 6967293; D516565; 2001/0004584; 2001/0018351; 2002/0086698; 2003/0013493; 2004/0046751; 2004/0106428; 2004/0110540; 2004/0198460; 2004/0204025; 2005/0110782
Foreign Patent Documents: 942460; 1089452
Other References: Catalog "Kirara Basso" Fushigi Remocon, 4 sheets, Sony, Oct. 1991. cited by examiner.
"DIME", published Oct. 5, 2000, cover and p. 135, Sony telephone. cited by examiner.
www.mobileburn.com, site visited Sep. 28, 2004, so505i telephone. cited by examiner.

Abstract:
Claim: CLAIM The ornamental design for an actuator for a portable electronic device, as shown and described.
Description: FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of an actuator for a portable electronic device with a portion of a portable electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view thereof;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the actuator in isolation; and,

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the actuator in isolation.

The broken line showing of a portion of a portable electronic device in FIGS. 1 and 2 is included for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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