The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 46 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we briefly cover three of Apple's granted patents.

The first patent covers possible future smart bands for Apple Watch with built-in indicators. The second covers AirPower but with a twist. When AirPower has more than one device on it for charging, one of the displays will present the charging status of the other devices being charged. The last patent is for a 3D printing system. Whether that's for creating prototypes in Ive's design lab or as a future product / accessory is unknown. We wrap up this week's granted patent report with our traditional listing of the remaining granted patents that were issued to Apple today.

Granted Patent: Apple Watch Band Indicators

Apple's newly granted patent covers their invention relating to status indicators found on possible future Apple Watch Bands.

Apple's granted patent 10,108,151 was originally filed in Q3 2016 and published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. For more images and information, see our 2017 report titled "Apple Exploring Next-Gen Apple Watch Smart Bands for Sports Enthusiasts," here.

Granted Patent: AirPower with new Feature

Apple's newly granted patent covers their invention relating to power systems, and, more particularly, to wireless power systems for charging multiple devices with a new twist.

When multiple wireless power receiving devices are present on the wireless power transmitting device, one of the wireless power receiving devices may serve as a primary wireless power receiving device that displays battery charge status information for all of the or a subset of the wireless power receiving devices present on the wireless power transmitting device. The primary wireless power receiving device that is used to display battery charge status information may be referred to as a hero device. The other wireless power receiving devices may be referred to as paired devices.

Apple's patent FIG. 5 below is a top view showing an illustrative wireless power transmitting device with a secondary wireless power receiving device on the wireless power transmitting device when a primary wireless power receiving device is added to the wireless power transmitting device in accordance with an embodiment.

Apple's patent FIG. 7 above is a flow chart of illustrative operations involved in using a wireless power transmitting device, a primary wireless power receiving device, and a secondary wireless power receiving device when a secondary wireless power receiving device is added to a wireless power transmitting device where a primary wireless power receiving device is already present in accordance with an embodiment.

Apple's granted patent 10,110,030 was originally filed in Q2 2018 and published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Apple was also granted a second AirPower related patent 10,110,051 titled "Detection of coil coupling in an inductive charging system."

Granted Patent: Using Triangular Tessellation in 3D Printing

Apple's newly granted patent covers their invention relating to techniques for printing three dimensional (3D) objects. More particularly, the invention relates to improved techniques for efficiently producing objects with a 3D printer.

Apple's patent FIG. 4 shows an illustrative triangular tessellated print-head pattern; FIG. 5A shows a 3D print system.

Apple's granted patent 10,105,905 was filed for in Q3 2014. Apple's sole inventor is Michael Sweet Senior Printing System Engineer at Apple Canada.

The Remaining Patents granted to Apple Today

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