Apple Online StoreApple’s engineers have been working “on a new kind of antenna which Apple dubs the ‘logo antenna,’” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.

“This new antenna is to hide behind the famous Apple logo thereby allowing it to gain a stronger signals without intervening metal or other conductive housing walls interfering,” Purcher reports. “It’s interesting to note that this is Apple’s third telephonic Macbook related patent in the second half of 2010 and would all but confirm this is a definite trend Apple is focused on.”

Purcher reports, “And lastly, it should be noted that Apple foresees the logo antenna working itself down into miniatures and wearables such as wrist watches and pendants.”

Read more in the full article, which includes Apple’s patent application illustrations, here.