On March 30, 2010, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published three newly granted design patents for Apple Inc. today. The notables within this group cover Apple's MacBook Pro & Air keyboard layouts.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 1: MacBook Pro Keyboard Layout Design
The MacBook Pro keyboard layout reflects the changes that were made in 2008.
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D612,843, originally filed in Q3 2008.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 2: MacBook Keyboard - Key Combinations
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D612,844, originally filed in Q3 2008.
If you're familiar with these keyboard combinations – then make a comment below to clarify. Apple has also been granted a design patent for their OS X trash can icon under D612,863, originally filed in Q4 2007.
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