Electronic book - NuvoMedia, Inc.

Title:

Electronic book

United States Patent D425558

Inventors:

Tarpenning, Marc E. (Palo Alto, CA)
Uyehara, Lance (Fremont, CA)
Ruberry, Mary (Sunnyvale, CA)
Eberhard, Martin F. (Woodside, CA)

Application Number:

D/093824

Publication Date:

05/23/2000

Filing Date:

09/18/1998

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

NuvoMedia, Inc. (Mountainview, CA)

Primary Class:

D19/26

Other Classes:

D14/336, D14/341, D20/10

Field of Search:

D14/100, D14/106, D14/114, 349/56, 349/58, 349/59, 349/10, 345/901, 345/173, D19/26, D19/60, D20/10

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US Patent References:

D404761	Portable content display device	January, 1999	Tarpenning et al.	D19/26
D392947	Electronic computer	March, 1998	Lino
D390861	Negative film reader	February, 1998	Liao
D386521	Electronic book	November, 1997	Eisenbaum	D19/26
5663748	Electronic book having highlighting feature	September, 1997	Huffman et al.
D379090	Video monitor	May, 1997	Maekawa et al.
5534888	Electronic book	July, 1996	Lebby et al.
D362461	Electronic book with display screen and speaker	September, 1995	Luong	D19/60
D359306	Electronic book computer for entering and reading written material	June, 1995	Lande et al.	D19/26
5347295	Control of a computer through a position-sensed stylus	September, 1994	Agulnick et al.
5239665	Electronic book having several keys for changing pages and underlining certain portions of text	August, 1993	Tsuchiya
5237651	Electronic personal organizer	August, 1993	Randall
4855725	Microprocessor based simulated book	August, 1989	Fernandez
4159417	Electronic book	June, 1979	Rubincam

Foreign References:

WO/1998/008344

February, 1998

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIEWING ELECTRONIC READING MATERIALS

Other References:

International Digital Book Publishing Inc., World Wide Web page printed Apr. 10, 1998.
PC Magazine, dated Jun. 30, 1998 article entitled: "First Looks." pp. 45 through 48.
Article entitled: "Ex Libris--The joys of curling up with a good digital reading device"--Wired Magazine, Jul. 1998.
Fortune Magazine, dated Jul. 6, 1998. article entitled: Electronic books are coming at last. pp. 119 through 124.

Primary Examiner:

Lucas, Susan J.

Assistant Examiner:

Rivard, Jennifer

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

Claims:

1. The ornamental design for an electronic book, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic book configured in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in which the elements shown in dashed lines, including the buttons shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, do not form a part of the design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the electronic book of FIG. 1, in which sample text shown in dashed lines does not form a part of the design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the electronic book of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the electronic book of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the electronic book of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of the electronic book of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a back elevational view of the electronic book of FIG. 1.

The broken lines are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.