The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 48 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. One of the top patent wins for Apple today covers Apple's second granted patent for an iWallet component relating to a motion based payment confirmation system. We first covered Apple's patent application on this matter back in August 2012 under the title "iWallet: Apple Intros Virtual Equivalent of a Credit Card Swipe." Apple's granted patent reveals their virtual equivalent of a credit card swipe on an iDevice GUI. The iWallet is going to be a major iPhone application in the future that could very well end up being one of the most important apps of the decade. Today's granted patent was filed for in August 2012 under number8,364,590.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 48 newly granted patents for Apple Inc today. The one that stood out from the pack by far was one that we covered in great detail back in August 2010 titled "Apple introduces us to the Smart Bike." It was the most popular patent report that we ever posted. Apple's granted patent covers various concepts behind an advanced Smart Bicycle System.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of four newly granted design patents for Apple Inc. today. The design cover such designs as the iPod touch, the MacBook Air's reinstall drive and more. Design patents will be carrying more clout later this year as we pointed out in a report last week covering the new US Patent Law Treaties Implantation Act of 2012.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-six newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we briefly cover Apple's granted patents relating to multitouch, the iOS magnifying loupe, noise cancellation for the Mac and iDevices and finally a design patent. To top off our report, we provide you with a full list of the other twenty-two patents that were granted to Apple today.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-seven newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. Within this group we highlight patents relating to their cured light-transmissive system found mainly on MacBooks, the original "Maps + Compass" application and two design patents. Additionally, Apple was granted another Nortel based patent titled Wireless System which relates to LTE technology that may be found in Apple's iPhone 5. And to top off our report, we provide you with a list of the remaining patents granted to Apple today.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirty-seven newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. One of the more notables published today relates to a method for harnessing external sunlight to illuminate a MacBook's display. This is Apple's seventh solar related patent in the last two years.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 37 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. One of today's more interesting granted patents presents a future iPhone that will be able to use its backside camera as a unique input interface allowing users to simply use swiping gestures over the camera's lens to control certain iPhone functionality. Our report also presents you with a list of 25 other patents granted to Apple today.
On January 8, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published five of Apple's latest design patent wins covering the iPod touch, iPod nano, iPhone 3G and a graphical icon illustrating a book that is Cerlox bound. The late CEO Steve Jobs is credited as an inventor/designer on three of today's noted designs.
Yesterday the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a granted patent of Apple's relating to the unibody MacBook Pro's enclosure. Apple's VP of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive described the MacBook Pro's patented design in 2011 this way: "the assembly may include an integral unified (e.g., homogenous) top case formed from a single part. The integral top case provides an enclosure, frame and cosmetic exterior of the portable computer. The integral top case also serves as the primary structure of the portable computer. The assembly may include a variety of subassemblies such as keyboards, touchpads, circuit boards, and drives that are carried by the underside of the integral top case. The integral top case may be formed from aluminum slab that has been machined to form walls, openings, attachment areas and cosmetic areas of the top case."
Apple received a Granted Patent yesterday relating to a method and system that would more efficiently deliver power throughout a home via an intelligent power-enabled communications port. In 2009 Apple's Anthony Fadell envisioned that Apple's intelligent power-enabled communications port could be a standard built into future homes. That's very interesting considering that Fadell left Apple to go on to create Nest, a company that has developed a next generation thermostat for the home.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirty-two newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today including four design patents. The first two key patents that instantly stood out this morning were the ones for the original iPad and Smart Cover for the iPad 2. When designing the original iPad, Apple wanted to avoid the design flaws that were commonly associated with past attempts at a tablet PC. Apple didn't want users to see undesirable seams and gaps or the use of any kind of screw, bolt or rivet to mar the design. They also chose aluminum so that it would better work with wireless antennas. For those wanting to further explore Apple's patent, you'll find that the detailing throughout their patent is quite extensive. Whether this particular iPad patent will actually carry any value in their ongoing patent war with Samsung-Google is unknown at this time. The second noteworthy granted patent of the day goes to Apple's Smart Cover. It's Apple's fifth granted patent on this technology this year alone.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of four newly granted design patents for Apple on New Year's Day. Two of the main designs focus on Apple's in-store table-top display stands that are found at any retail Apple Store. The stands are fixtures on Apple's classy wooden display tables and provide a base to display products such as the iPod and iPhone. The other noteworthy design patent win today covers the once labeled "iPhone nano." The design is one of the original eight mini device designs that were granted to Apple in 2010. Apple's original patent stated that the handheld portable computing device could be a combination media player, media storage device and cellular phone.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirty-six newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In our last patent report of the day we briefly cover patents relating to a super-thin USB connector and the iMac's housing. We also link to two 4G LTE patents that Apple gained form Nortel earlier this year and close out our report by providing you with a grand list of the remaining twenty five granted patents issued to Apple today.
In April of this year we first reported on Apple's patent application for a Micro SIM connector. The timing of Apple's new micro SIM connector patent couldn't have been more perfect in light of the battle between Nokia and Apple over the design of future miniature SIM cards for mobile devices. It was even been reported that Nokia had threatened to withdraw 50 or so SIM card related patents from ETSI if the Apple proposal is approved. Well, in June Apple's design won that very battle. Today, Apple has been officially granted the patent regarding the Micro SIM card.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirty-six newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover two of Apple's patents. The first patent relates to Apple's ongoing work with advancing multi-touch displays which Apple first introduced with their iPhone in 2007. The second patent relates to new processes that Apple invented for shaping glass for iDevices like the iPhone and iPad so that they would be both esthetically pleasing while eliminating processes involving dangerous chemicals and gasses.
