Apple Wins Industrial Designs for the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch
On April 13, 2010, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published two newly granted industrial design patents for Apple Inc. covering the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch. CEO Steve Jobs is listed as one of the inventors for these designs.
Apple's Industrial Design Win Patent # 1: The iPhone 3GS
Just a month prior to the debut of the iPhone 3GS, Apple filed for design protection and has been granted such today.
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D613,736, originally filed in Q2 2009.
Apple's Industrial Design Win Patent # 2: The iPod Touch
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D613,735, originally filed in Q3 2007.
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