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Will Apple Lead or Follow in the Future Glass Projects Market?

Last month we posted a report titled "Apple, Google & Others Preparing for the Coming Glass War." Today, we follow through on that report by taking a deeper look at this emerging trend that could very quickly be the next "iPad" in term...

Apple Updates their Sophisticated Apple Watch Table Invention focused on a 'Lens' System & 'Ink Film'

Behind Apple's Stunningly Crafted iPhone is a Patent

Basically, most consumers really don't care about how the sexy new iPhone is made; they just want to be able to enjoy buying this stunningly crafted device called the iPhone 4 and get out there and start flashing it in the face of their...

Apple Wins Design Patent for Large Swing-Out Glass Doors for Next Generation Apple Stores

Future iPad could add Siri, Tactile Feedback & New Willow Glass

Specialty glass Company Corning, famous for its "gorilla glass" used in Apple devices, has an ultra-slim flexible glass called "willow glass" that has the potential to enable displays to be wrapped around a device. Corning said it's cur...

While Apple's Patent for an iPhone with a Glass Back is fulfilled, Apple Legal Updates the Patent's Claims

Apple Reveals New Laser Manufacturing Process for the iMac

On October 17, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals that their 2012 ultrathin iMac was manufactured by using a very sophisticated robotic force. The insane design precision didn'...

Revealing Apple Patent Covers Ceramic Apple Watch and All-New Ceramic iPhone

Apple's new Products Brings a new Round of Patents to Life

Since Apple's Special Event that launched the iPhone 6 and gave us a peek at the all-new Apple Watch, we've been rummaging through Apple's literature looking for possible patents that could have been fulfilled due to their new products...

Apple Invents Newly Advanced iPad Covers that will incorporate Intelligent Drop Countermeasures

Over the years of covering Apple's patent applications we've learnt that in many instances Apple has different teams working on a single problem from different angles in order to find the right solution prior to bringing it to market. L...