“Apple’s trademark filings for both ‘Mountain Lion’ and ‘OS X Mountain Lion’ were made public this past Friday – while being officially filed on July ninth in the US,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.

“Interestingly Apple’s filing for Mountain Lion in China added much more coverage and detail,” Purcher reports. “In fact, Apple added 3 specific entries relating to television. And lastly, Apple has been granted a design patent in Hong Kong China for a USB connector that appears to have a possible twist to it.”

Purcher sports, “Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion is due to arrive before the end of the month.”

Much more in the full article here.