The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple…
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Apple granted knockout patent for head-mounted personal display
Apple acquired from PrimeSense an advanced headset to add to Apple’s patent portfolio…
Apple patent application reveals OLED displays with integrated thermal sensors
Tim Cook has described OLED displays as awful…
Apple granted home automation patent featuring intelligent user tracking
In an interesting and somewhat exhaustive patent awarded to Apple…
Apple patent application reveals more details of Touch ID for iPhone, iPad and beyond
On October 17, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent…
Apple granted major patent for an advanced distance-sensing user interface
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…
Apple patent application reveals new photo editing user interface for iPad
Apple’s invention reveals an Aperture and/or iPhoto user interface designed for the iPad…
Apple patent applications detail iPhone as smart remote control, DIY silent disco device
Apple explores the potential of the iPhone to act as an intelligent remote…
iPhone 5C could be the first Apple product to use scratch-resistant Liquidmetal
A report from Taiwan’s Apple Daily purports to show an assembled iPhone 5C…
Apple granted patents relating to sports workouts, advanced 3D gesturing and more
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…
Apple patent application reveals redesigns MagSafe and new flexible audio connector
An Apple patent application reveals a MagSafe connector design with new…
Apple notches yet another significant win in smartphone patent war
In yet another significant patent win for Apple Inc…
Apple wins U.S. patent appeal against Google; Samsung indirectly affected
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just handed down its opinion…
Apple granted 36 patents covering advanced in-car telematics, Multi-Touch, laser processing and much more
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…
Apple patent details flexible battery shape for future devices
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published an Apple patent…
Apple granted 29 patents covering Multi-Touch, 3D gaming, an iPhone cooling system and more
The USPTO officially published a series of 29 newly granted patents for Apple…
Apple granted US Patent for ‘smart bezel’ hides portions touch display until needed, acts as secondary input
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple…
Apple granted 35 patents covering revolutionary MacBook concept, 3D trackpad, mystery icon, and more
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…
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…
Apple patent application revisits company’s gaze detection technology
Apple had this technology in a patent prior to any other competitor, including Samsung…
Fascinating Liquidmetal patent from Apple surfaces in Europe
iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, iWatch, Thunderbolt Display…
Apple patent application details message alerts for iPad with vibrator mode
On March 21, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent app…
Apple granted patent for 3D version of OS X
Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention…
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…
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…
Apple’s granted patents surge 68% in 2012
Apple was granted a total of 1,135 patents in 2012, ranking it 21st…
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…
USPTO tentatively – and likely temporarily – declares Apple’s ‘pinch-to-zoom’ patent invalid
Tentative rejections don’t affect the enforceability of a patent claim…
Powerful new patent application details next step in Apple ‘iGlasses’ project
A powerful new patent application that details some rather interesting features that Apple…
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…
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…
Apple patent reveals new concept notebook and translucent 3D trackpad
A new Apple invention that was discovered…
Apple inks deal with fingerprint security startup Microlatch
Despite leaving out near-field communications (NFC) technology…
Apple patent application reveals efforts to harness power through electromagnetic induction
On September 20, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series…
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…
Apple steps closer toward integrated mobile payment market
Apple will pay $8 a share to purchase AuthenTec for $356 million…
How NFC could fit into Apple’s iPhone 5
Earlier this week, a new feature shown in images of a purported iPhone 5…
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…
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…
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…
Apple cranks up patent filings in South Korea
Apple won a preliminary injunction against the Samsung tablet yesterday…
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…
