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Tag: patent

Is Apple building a wireless charging system for Apple Car?

Thursday, July 11, 2019 5:00 pmThursday, July 11, 20199 Comments

An autonomous car you never need to put fuel inside that charges itself while it is parked, no cables required….

Apple just patented ‘Minority Report’…

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 5:00 pmWednesday, July 10, 201910 Comments

Apple has won a patent that seems to lead toward a ‘Minority Report’-like 3D user interface…

Apple wins smart fabric patents – ‘Wearable iPhones’?

Wednesday, July 3, 2019 10:00 amWednesday, July 3, 20193 Comments

Apple has been granted a patent for textile-based touch surface — how long will it be until we see wearOS?

Apple sued for patent infringement over Apple Pay

Monday, May 22, 2017 1:07 pm4 Comments

A small Boston company, founded by the inventor of a popular corporate encryption technology…

With wearable rumored, Apple granted U.S. patent for waterproofing devices

Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:37 am5 Comments

Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention relating to electronic devices…

Apple patents solar panels integrated into flexible multitouch displays

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:30 am5 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple…

Apple, Microsoft, IBM, others team to slow down U.S. congressional patent reform

Thursday, April 3, 2014 12:00 pmThursday, April 3, 201414 Comments

Major U.S. companies including Apple, the world’s most valuable, have formed a lobbying group…

Apple patent killed in Germany due to video of Steve Jobs’ original iPhone keynote address

Friday, September 27, 2013 8:42 amFriday, September 27, 201327 Comments

Steve Jobs is a named inventor of more than 300 Apple patents…

Apple patents offline iTunes purchases using per-device ‘credit’ system

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:01 amTuesday, April 9, 201311 Comments

This patent could be a harbinger of new never-before-seen iTunes functionality…

Apple patent reveals interactive augmented reality system

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:01 amTuesday, March 19, 20133 Comments

Apple on Tuesday won a patent for an augmented reality (AR) system

Apple patent describes future iPhones that anticipate user needs with ‘situational awareness module’

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:01 amWednesday, February 27, 20138 Comments

A system outlined in an Apple patent on Tuesday takes data from a number of sensors…

Apple patent reveals internal fan-based cooling system for future iPhones, iPads

Thursday, November 8, 2012 8:46 am14 Comments

Apple is exploring the use of mechanical fans in portable devices, like the iPhone and iPad…

Apple’s iPhone 5 User Guide refers to ‘iPhone Dock’ while new patent application reveals wireless inductive charging dock

Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:29 amThursday, September 27, 20126 Comments

Many times in the past Steve Jobs had said that Apple had no interest in…

Apple patent application reveals efforts to harness power through electromagnetic induction

Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:31 pm5 Comments

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

Apple’s patent application details ‘locking and unlocking a mobile device using facial recognition’

Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:20 am13 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published Apple’s patent application…

Apple wins major U.S. patent for ‘radial menus’ in iOS and OS X

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:30 pmTuesday, August 14, 201218 Comments

In this granted patent, Apple notes that radial menus will be both for the desktop and portable devices…

Judge Koh once again bars Samsung from using excluded ‘Sony’ theory

Friday, August 3, 2012 9:34 am9 Comments

Judge Koh shows no signs of bowing to public pressure from Samsung…

Apple asks Judge Koh to rule in its favor after Samsung’s excluded evidence leak

Thursday, August 2, 2012 2:01 pmFriday, August 3, 201215 Comments

Apple has asked the federal court judge presiding over its patent infringement case…

Apple’s Siri hit with patent infringement lawsuit in China

Thursday, July 5, 2012 5:15 pmThursday, July 5, 201249 Comments

Another day, another lawsuit out of China targeting one of Apple’s products…

Apple granted patent for water-damage detection

Thursday, July 5, 2012 1:00 pmThursday, July 5, 201226 Comments

Apple has won a patent related to detecting water damage in a gadget…

Apple patent application details display-integrated cellular antennas

Sunday, May 6, 2012 12:02 pmSunday, May 6, 201210 Comments

If Apple decides to design a future iPhone with a metal back…

Apple patent application details next-gen connectors for slimmer devices

Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:38 pmThursday, April 19, 20124 Comments

The new connectors that are designed to be smarter, stronger and safer…

Apple reveals surround sound system for future MacBook Pro

Thursday, April 5, 2012 4:44 pmThursday, April 5, 201218 Comments

Apple thinks it’s time for a MacBook Pro to have a kick-ass surround sound audio system…

Apple invents ingenious security system for the iWallet era

Monday, January 9, 2012 10:27 am15 Comments

Apple has invented a heavy duty second tier of security that is quite ingenious…

Apple patent application reveals smart ionic wind generator cooling system

Friday, January 6, 2012 9:41 amFriday, January 6, 201223 Comments

The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that revealed…

Apple patents power adapter that recalls forgotten passwords

Thursday, January 5, 2012 3:03 pmThursday, January 5, 201216 Comments

Imagine if you had a unique, physical key that could be used to unlock your Macbook…

New patent app shows Apple fighting grime on iOS devices

Friday, December 9, 2011 11:15 amFriday, December 9, 201111 Comments

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

The reason why Apple uses integrated battery designs

Saturday, December 3, 2011 5:16 pm76 Comments

If we believe the vision for Apple expressed by Steve Jobs…

Apple wins secret patent for high-end 3D object recognition

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:38 pm7 Comments

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

U.S. ITC finds HTC infringed upon Apple patents

Friday, July 15, 2011 5:55 pmTuesday, July 19, 201131 Comments

Google’s Android mobile operating system is in serious trouble…

Eastern Texas court orders Apple to pay $8 million in patent trial over iPod playlists

Saturday, July 9, 2011 10:03 amSaturday, July 9, 201140 Comments

Apple Inc. was told to pay closely held Personal Audio LLC $8 million…

Apple’s patented macroscalar processor architecture: What it is and what it means

Friday, July 8, 2011 3:03 pmFriday, July 8, 201116 Comments

Apple got a new patent on something called a macroscalar processor…

Apple patent application details future iPads with vicinity sensors for enterprise use

Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:32 pmThursday, June 30, 201110 Comments

New vicinity sensors coming to the iPad include RFID, Infrared and Ultrasonic…

Apple patent reveals enhanced TV widget paradigm for HDTV

Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:00 amThursday, June 23, 20115 Comments

The US Patent & Trademark Office has just published a patent application from Apple…

Apple’s latest Multi-Touch patent a major or minor deal?

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 9:33 pmWednesday, June 22, 201112 Comments

So Apple got yet another patent granted today…

Apple granted major iPhone Multi-Touch patent; rival smartphone makers could face big trouble

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:14 pmWednesday, June 22, 201173 Comments

Apple’s patent seems broad enough in scope to cover virtually any mobile device with an interface…

Nokia enters into patent license agreement with Apple

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:55 amTuesday, June 14, 201125 Comments

Nokia announced that it has signed a patent license agreement with Apple…

Does Apple want to be its own carrier? MVNO patent application extended

Thursday, June 2, 2011 3:12 pmThursday, June 2, 201123 Comments

Wouldn’t it be nice if Apple just had its own network?

Apple patent application details sophisticated infrared system for iOS cameras

Thursday, June 2, 2011 9:30 am13 Comments

On June 2, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…

Visual Interactive sues Apple, AT&T, US Cellular claiming patent infringement

Thursday, May 26, 2011 12:08 pmThursday, May 26, 201112 Comments

Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc., a non-practicing entity that holds…

EFF calls on to Apple defend iOS developers in Lodsys legal threats

Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:47 amSaturday, May 21, 201112 Comments

Digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation has called on Apple to defend iOS developers…

Apple’s cloud streaming could feature small, locally-stored song segments

Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:16 am13 Comments

Apple’s anticipated cloud-based music streaming service could could offer…

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