Apple Wins Designs for Aluminum iMac, iPhone 3G Dock, iPod Classic, More
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of five newly granted design patents for Apple Inc. today. The designs cover Apple's aluminum iMac, Apple's iPhone 3G Dock, the iPhone "Curl up the Map Page" animated UI, an Apple TV UI and believe it or not, Apple's original iPod Classic. Steve Jobs is noted as being amongst the credited designers on two designs.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 1: The Aluminum iMac
Apple credits Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clark, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Vincent Keane, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors and/or designers of Granted Patent D610,138, originally filed in Q3 2009 (dating back to 2007).
Industrial Design Win Patent # 2: The iPhone's "Curl up the Map Page" UI Feature
Apple credits Mike Matas as the sole inventor/designer of Granted Patent D610,161, originally filed in Q1 2008. See Apple's "Maps + Compass" video that reveals this feature.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 3: One of Apple's "Apple TV UI" Views
Apple credits Greg Dudey, Rachel Goldeen, Steve Jobs and Jeff Ma and Jeff Robbin for one of Apple's, Apple TV UI designs under Granted Patent D610,160, originally filed in Q1 2008.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 4: the Apple iPhone 3G Dock
Apple credits Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors and/or designers of Granted Patent D610,128, originally filed in Q2 2009.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 5: Original iPod Classic
Apple credits Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Vincent Keane, Christopher Stringer and Eugene Whang as the inventors and/or designers of Granted Patent D610,126. The original design goes back to 2002.
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