Apple was granted four design patents in Hong Kong yesterday covering a charger and two user interfaces. Apple's "animated user interface" design win may relate to 3D touch.

Unlike "patent applications," design patents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or any other Patent Office, don't reveal pertinent information about a particular design. All we are given is a series of simple photos and/or line-art graphics of what was actually registered as noted below.

Apple Granted Two Design Patents for a "Charger"

Apple Granted a Design Patent for "Animated User Interface"

Apple Granted a Design Patent for a GUI for a Display Screen

Note: If anyone knows what this Apple design is related to, send us a comment below. If you can, send us a link to where we can verify it. Thanks.

Patently Apple reader Mark Hughes wrote in to say that "The GUI design is the Live Photos indicator, visible in the top left corner of the screen when editing photos." Thanks Mark.

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