The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of ten newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. The notables within this group include major design wins for both Apple's iPhone 3G and iPod touch media players. In conjunction, Apple has been granted a vital patent for their soft keyboard which is available on both their iPhone and iPod touch. One of the many key strengths of the iPhone software keyboard is that it's adaptable, allowing users to switch between more than 40 international layouts.
Industrial Design Wins
Apple's iPhone 3G
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Jonathan Ive, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Howarth, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D602,015, originally filed in April 2008. Apple was also granted patent D602,016 for the iPhone design, originally filed for in June 2008.
iPod Touch 3G
Apple credits, Jonathan Ive, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D602,017 , originally filed in September 2008.
Apple's iPod Touch 2G
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Jonathan Ive, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Calvin Seid, Richard Howarth, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Vincent Keane, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D602,014, originally filed in August 2007.
iPod Touch Sleeve
Apple credits Jonathan Ive, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D601,799, originally filed in September 2007.
Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic Packaging
Apple credits Jonathan Ive, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D601,799, originally filed in September 2007.
Granted Patent: Apple Soft Keyboard
Apple's patent generally relates to user interfaces, and more particularly, to methods, systems, and graphical user interfaces for selecting a soft keyboard from a plurality of soft keyboards. Apple's reference to a "plurality of soft keyboards" is relating to Apple's touch sub-keyboards which allows the user to call up both a numeric based or symbols keyboard. The iPhone software keyboard is also adaptable, allowing you to switch between more than 40 international layouts.
Apple credits Kenneth Kocienda and Richard Williamson as the inventors of Granted Patent 7,602,378, originally filed in October 2006.
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