ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. D1,145,746, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Earphone" was invented by Ryan Ott (Los Angeles), Robert Boyd (Los Angeles), Duy P. Le (Venice, Calif.), Jeffrey Scott Croyle (San Francisco), Matthew Phillip Casebolt (Fremont, Calif.), Matthew Vincent Costello (Soquel, Calif.), James Swasey (Oakland, Calif.), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco) and Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, Calif.).

The patent was filed on Oct. 18, 2024, under Application No. D/968,874.

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