Apple Wins Designs for iPod nano/Classic, MacBook Air, Keyboard +
On date, 2010, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 11 newly granted design patents for Apple Inc. today. The notables within this group include the fifth generation iPod nano, the sixth generation iPod Classic, Apple's wired keyboard and most importantly, Apple's sleek MacBook Air.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 1: iPod nano – Fourth Generation
Apple credits Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D616,863, originally filed in Q4 2009.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 2: iPod Classic
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Vincent Keane, Calvin Seid, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D616,864, originally filed in Q4 2009.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 3: MacBook Air
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D616,880, originally filed in Q1 2008. A secondary design win for the MacBook Air is noted under D616,881, filed in Q4 2009 from the same design team.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 4: Keyboard, Wired
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Vincent Keane, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D D616,886, originally filed in Q3 2009.
Industrial Design Win Patent # 5: Retail Packaging
Apple credits CEO Steve Jobs, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Howarth, Jonathan Ive, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Calvin Seid, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer as the inventors of Granted Patent D616,741 relating to the iPod retail packaging (Bottom Design), originally filed in Q4 2007. The other packaging, believed to be related to Apple's earphone and mic packaging, is noted under design patent D616,738 originally filed in Q4 2009
Other Industrial Design Win Notables: Apple also won two Chinese iPhone related UI design wins under patent numbers D616,891 and D616,892 respectfully. Additionally, Apple has won a design patent for their now defunct clip-on style iPod Shuffle under D616, 899.
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