Title:
Portable phone
United States Patent D429708
US Patent References:
Cellular phone
Toki et al. - January, 1997 - D377351

Portable radio telephone
Chikuma - March, 1998 - D392635

Portable radiotelephone
Yamaguchi - November, 1998 - D400525

Radiotelephone housing
Lindeman et al. - November, 1998 - D400526

Key layout for a telephone handset
Kolinen - February, 1999 - D406137


Inventors:
Kodera, Kouji (Paris, FR)
Hughes, Steven (Horsham, GB)
Newby, Nigel (London, GB)
Woodward, Chris (St. Albans, GB)
Application Number:
D/110423
Publication Date:
08/22/2000
Filing Date:
09/08/1999
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Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric France (Nanterre, FR)
Primary Class:
Field of Search:
D14/137, D14/138, D14/147-148, D14/247-248, D14/250-240, D14/140-142, 379/433, 379/434, 379/419, 379/420, 379/428, 379/440, 455/550-575, 455/90
US Patent References:
D406835Housing of hand-held type portable telephoneMarch, 1999YamasakiD14/138
D407721Wireless telephoneApril, 1999Nagano et al.D14/138
D408032Wireless telephoneApril, 1999Nagano et al.D14/138
D411994Portable telephoneJuly, 1999Nakahara et al.D14/138
D416016TelephoneNovember, 1999Hughes et al.D14/147
5774540Hierarchical menu screen interface for displaying and accessing telephone terminal featuresJune, 1998Davidson et al.379/387
Foreign References:
DE9502968September, 1995
JP0982906June, 1997
JP0997167December, 1997
NO950502July, 1995
Other References:
Panasonic D310 telephone, IDO catalog date Apr. 1, 1996.
Panasonic 521 G telephone, p. 17 IDO catalog date Dec. 1997.
F 203 hyper telephone, DoCoMo catalog date Dec. 1997.
International Bureau Design Publication, OM/036 831 prior to Oct. 10, 1998.
Toshiba DL-S22PL/N and Mitsubishi TL PH9 telephones on single page advertisement of Nov. 26, 1997.
Nokia 540 telephone from www.nokia.com on Aug. 14, 1998.
Primary Examiner:
Asch, Jeffrey
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Borsari, Peter A.
Claims:
1. The ornamental design for a portable phone, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view showing our new design for a portable phone;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial front elevatioal view thereof.