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Jun 19, 2013 - 04:00 PM EDT — AAPL: 423.00 (0.00, +0%) | NASDAQ: 3423.555 (0.00, +0%)

Tag: Apple patents

  1. Apple granted 30 patents covering wearable media players, multi-touch gesturing, simplified data transfers and more

    The USPTO officially published a series of 30 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today…

  2. Apple patent application revisits company’s gaze detection technology

    Apple had this technology in a patent prior to any other competitor, including Samsung…

  3. Fascinating Liquidmetal patent from Apple surfaces in Europe

    iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, iWatch, Thunderbolt Display…

  4. Apple patent application details message alerts for iPad with vibrator mode

    On March 21, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent app…

  5. Apple granted patent for 3D version of OS X

    Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention…

  6. Apple granted 40 patents covering key iOS interfaces, OLED fabrication, compass calibration, and more

    The USPTO officially published a series of 40 new Apple patents…

  7. Apple wins 48 patents covering the iPhone 5′s integrated touch display, zoom feature and electromagnetic induction

    The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 48 newly granted patents for Apple…

  8. Apple’s granted patents surge 68% in 2012

    Apple was granted a total of 1,135 patents in 2012, ranking it 21st…

  9. 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act made it easier to tentatively review Apple’s patents

    All three rulings flow from changes in U.S. patent law that Congress passed last year…

  10. USPTO tentatively – and likely temporarily – declares Apple’s ‘pinch-to-zoom’ patent invalid

    Tentative rejections don’t affect the enforceability of a patent claim…

  11. Powerful new patent application details next step in Apple ‘iGlasses’ project

    A powerful new patent application that details some rather interesting features that Apple…

  12. Apple granted U.S. design patents for iBooks page-turning animation, iPad Smart Case

    Among the multitude of patents Apple was awarded on Tuesday were two design…

  13. Next year, Apple and Microsoft could make 600% more from Android than Google

    Google’s mobile operating system Android may be winning the smartphone wars…

  14. Apple patent reveals new concept notebook and translucent 3D trackpad

    A new Apple invention that was discovered…

  15. Apple inks deal with fingerprint security startup Microlatch

    Despite leaving out near-field communications (NFC) technology…

  16. Apple patent application reveals efforts to harness power through electromagnetic induction

    On September 20, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series…

  17. Apple’s Passbook strategy eschews NFC hardware to power iOS 6 retail apps

    Apple’s new Passbook feature in iOS 6 isn’t just a coupon app; it’s a framework…

  18. Apple steps closer toward integrated mobile payment market

    Apple will pay $8 a share to purchase AuthenTec for $356 million…

  19. How NFC could fit into Apple’s iPhone 5

    Earlier this week, a new feature shown in images of a purported iPhone 5…

  20. Apple files new patents relating to haptics, Thunderbolt, iSight and improved accessibility for the hearing impaired

    Improvements are in the works for iDevice haptics, Apple’s iSight camera, flash memory and…

  21. Apple’s wild new patent covers TV and advanced 5D Technology

    The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-five newly granted Apple patents…

  22. Apple wins their sixth solar power patent, anti-theft tech patent

    The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 23 newly granted patents…

  23. Apple cranks up patent filings in South Korea

    Apple won a preliminary injunction against the Samsung tablet yesterday…

  24. Ultrabook-makers beware: Apple now owns broad patent on MacBook Air wedge design

    Let’s not forget how aggressively Apple has used its design patents against competitors…

  25. Apple wins patents for industrial design, future 3D remote, and harnessing power via electromagnetic induction

    The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of…