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Tag: Apple patent applications

Apple patent application details use of Apple Watch to auto adjust iPhone alert volume

Thursday, February 11, 2016 8:55 am4 Comments

Apple’s ‘Volume control for mobile device using a wireless device’ patent application…

Apple possibly working with Energous on extended range wireless charging for future iPhones

Friday, February 5, 2016 5:01 pm12 Comments

Amid rumors that Apple is working on extended range wireless charging capabilities for future iPhones…

Apple developing cutting-edge long-range wirelessly-charged iPhones and iPads

Friday, January 29, 2016 9:25 am15 Comments

Apple is exploring cutting-edge technologies that would allow iPhones and iPads to be powered from a distance…

iPhone 7 and the potential for wireless charging

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 12:54 pm5 Comments

Unofficially, Apple has begun increasing the water resistance of the iPhones 6s already…

A next-gen Apple Watch band could magnetically attach to Macs and appliances

Thursday, January 14, 2016 11:00 amThursday, January 14, 201611 Comments

The new Apple Watch band could be configured to act as a stand or be attachable magnetically to a MacBook, iMac or even the kitchen fridge…

Apple looks to patent inductive charging system that could power an Apple Pencil or even a future kitchen appliance

Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:01 pmThursday, January 7, 201611 Comments

Apple’s engineering teams have been researching and developing various inductive charging systems…

Apple patent hints at major interface changes for OS X, iOS, tvOS

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 10:28 amTuesday, December 29, 20156 Comments

Apple has applied for a patent (number 20150370425) with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office…

‘iPhone 7’ leak points to extremely thin design

Friday, December 4, 2015 12:24 pmFriday, December 4, 201524 Comments

We just pulled an original iPhone out of a drawer. It’s not insanely thick feeling. It feels as nice in the hand as it always did…

Apple patent application reveals future iOS, OS X devices controlled with your eyes

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 9:27 amTuesday, November 17, 20156 Comments

Future iOS and OS X devices may allow you to control them with your eyes…

Apple files 5th wireless inductive charging patent application since Late September

Thursday, November 5, 2015 5:31 pmThursday, November 5, 20158 Comments

Today, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s fifth inductive charging patent application…

Two new Liquidmetal patent applications cover every current Apple product, plus vehicle panels

Thursday, October 29, 2015 1:28 pmThursday, October 29, 20157 Comments

Both patents cover the use of Liquidmetal in every imaginable Apple product and even hints that the process described in these inventions could produce…

U.S Patent office reveals four Apple patent applications involving Liquidmetal

Thursday, October 22, 2015 5:25 pmThursday, October 22, 201518 Comments

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published a series of four patent applications from Apple relating to their potential use of liquid metal

Analyst: Apple’s iPhone 7 will offer the most radical iPhone redesign ever

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 9:34 am19 Comments

We expect the iPhone 7 to sport a unique design from the iPhone 6/6s…

No Home button? Liquidmetal body? What can we expect from next year’s Apple iPhone 7?

Monday, October 19, 2015 5:12 pm13 Comments

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are the hottest phones on the market right now…

Apple Ring: Cupertino sees smart ring in its future

Thursday, October 1, 2015 5:34 pmThursday, October 1, 201518 Comments

Apple’s smart ring could control other devices such as a smart TV, a set-top box such as an Apple TV, a computer, tablet, smart home appliance and even…

Apple invents ring computing device with voice control, haptics, cameras and more

Thursday, October 1, 2015 12:02 pmThursday, October 1, 201512 Comments

Rumors that claimed Apple conducted research into an ‘iRing’ wearable product were based in reality, as a new patent application reveals…

Apple patent application reveals sensor-laden ‘Apple Ring’

Thursday, October 1, 2015 8:37 amThursday, October 1, 201517 Comments

Today the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals one of their next wearable computers…

iPhone 7: What will Apple do next?

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 4:33 pmWednesday, September 23, 201518 Comments

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus launch has not yet officially shipped to customers…

Apple may add cellular voice capabilities to iPad via a new wireless headset

Friday, August 21, 2015 2:09 pm16 Comments

On August 20, 2015, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…

New Apple patents show continuing work on Liquidmetal

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 8:31 amTuesday, August 11, 20152 Comments

Apple has yet to release a major product made from Liquidmetal, but…

Apple’s Force Touch for iPhone invention published today

Thursday, July 16, 2015 2:25 pmThursday, July 16, 20155 Comments

Apple’s engineers actually began working on Force Touch sensors way back in 2006…

Apple invents method to integrate solar power cells into devices

Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:06 am8 Comments

Apple has a new invention that could use solar cells integrated into…

Apple’s best iPod touch improvement isn’t in their press release

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:02 pmWednesday, July 15, 201517 Comments

The biggest improvement in the new iPod Touch range introduced by Apple today…

The Turing Phone is not made out of Liquidmetal

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:33 pmWednesday, July 15, 201518 Comments

Apple has a perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusive license for Liquidmetal®…

What Force Touch iPhones and iPads mean for users

Tuesday, July 7, 2015 8:26 am12 Comments

Because Force Touch gestures are invisible to users, it will…

Apple’s Force Touch iPhone 6s to be major differentiator, put rivals at further disadvantage

Monday, July 6, 2015 8:56 amMonday, July 6, 20159 Comments

While Force Touch sounds like something a frisky Luke Skywalker…

Apple assemblers begin making next-gen iPhones with Force Touch

Saturday, June 27, 2015 9:42 pm15 Comments

Apple Inc. has started early production of new iPhone models…

Why does Apple keep extending their partnership with Liquidmetal?

Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:27 amThursday, June 25, 201525 Comments

Apple Inc. recently extended its agreement with Liquidmetal Technologies,,,

Apple extends Liquidmetal exclusivity deal through February 2016

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 6:02 pmTuesday, June 23, 20158 Comments

Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. and Apple Inc. have entered into a third amendment…

Apple’s patent applications details Apple Watch’s Digital Crown

Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:37 pm2 Comments

The patent reviews an input Friction Mechanism that provides the Digital Crown with…

Apple granted two new Liquidmetal-related patents

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:26 amTuesday, June 16, 20156 Comments

Apple today was granted two Liquidmetal-related patents…

Force Touch was initially supposed to be exclusive to iPhone 6s Plus

Thursday, May 28, 2015 4:00 pmThursday, May 28, 20153 Comments

TPK will be responsible for manufacturing the Force Touch sensors…

Apple’s new Force Touch patent application reveals stylus, virtual paint brush, 3D buttons interactions

Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:28 pmThursday, May 28, 20155 Comments

The invention could apply to a using force of a…

Apple patent application reveals iPhone, Apple Watch data transmission via invisible light

Friday, May 8, 2015 10:58 amFriday, May 8, 201512 Comments

The transmission of invisible light and, more particularly, to the transmission of data…

Two new Liquidmetal patent filings from Apple revealed; list watch and jewelry among potential uses

Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:57 pmFriday, April 24, 20155 Comments

On April 23, 2015, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published two Liquidmetal…

Apple patent application reveals method to block chip overclocking

Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:29 pmThursday, January 29, 20159 Comments

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals

Apple patent application reveals virtual gaming controls for iPad

Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:58 amThursday, January 22, 20151 Comment

The U.S. Patent Office published a patent application today revealing an invention…

Apple invents a 3D feature for future iPhone camera

Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:28 am8 Comments

A patent application from Apple reveals techniques for manipulating mobile device imagery in a 3D space…

Analysts: Apple’s iPhone 6 screen not likely to be sapphire

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:01 pmWednesday, July 30, 201424 Comments

The necessary orders for sapphire glass wending their way through the supply chain…

Electroactive lens may bring SLR type camera features to Apple iPhone

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:57 pmTuesday, June 24, 20148 Comments

Apple has made significant progress…

Apple invents iPhone camera lens actuator made of artificial muscle

Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:30 amThursday, June 19, 20149 Comments

Apple’s “artificial muscle camera lens actuator” filing…

Apple patent application reveals iPad Smart Cover with live illuminated messages and alerts

Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:25 amThursday, June 12, 201414 Comments

Apple describes their Smart Cover being able to present live illuminated alerts and messages…

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