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Tag: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Apple bombards U.S. Patent Office with 28 new mapping inventions

Thursday, December 5, 2013 5:33 pmThursday, December 5, 201316 Comments

Apple Maps, powered by some jaw-dropping 3D graphics, is back with a vengeance….

Apple patent application reveals OLED displays with integrated thermal sensors

Thursday, December 5, 2013 2:02 pmThursday, December 5, 201312 Comments

Tim Cook has described OLED displays as awful…

Apple granted U.S. patents for wireless charging system, new Mac Pro, Apple TV and more

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 11:01 amTuesday, December 3, 201312 Comments

Today, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple…

Apple patents Lytro-like refocusable light-field camera suitable for iPhone

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:27 am3 Comments

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

New Apple patent application reveals A7 ‘Secure Enclave’ for Touch ID and possible fingerprint accessory

Friday, November 22, 2013 5:33 pmThursday, April 17, 201411 Comments

When Apple introduced the new iPhone 5s with its Touch ID fingerprint scanner feature..

Apple files five Liquidmetal patent applications

Friday, November 22, 2013 3:28 pmFriday, November 22, 201316 Comments

The USPTO published today a new series of five Liquidmetal patent applications from Apple

Apple prepping ‘iCloud Home’ Mac-based iCloud server for the home/office?

Thursday, November 21, 2013 11:58 am22 Comments

The cloud-based storage can be extended through the use of a local storage device…

Judgment day for Android: Apple, Microsoft file lawsuit against Google, Samsung

Friday, November 1, 2013 1:46 pm20 Comments

This is what Steve Jobs meant by going thermonuclear against Android…

Apple-led Rockstar consortium sues Google, Samsung, Huawei over Nortel patents

Friday, November 1, 2013 9:58 amFriday, November 1, 201339 Comments

The group that owns thousands of former Nortel patents filed a barrage…

Apple patent application reveals new laser manufacturing process

Friday, October 18, 2013 9:57 amFriday, October 18, 201314 Comments

On October 17, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…

Apple patent application reveals more details of Touch ID for iPhone, iPad and beyond

Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:32 pmThursday, October 17, 20138 Comments

On October 17, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent…

New Apple patent reveals Cover Flow-like 3D OS X user interface with parallax effect

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:08 am35 Comments

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

Apple patent application reveals eye tracking system with advanced gaze controls

Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:30 am10 Comments

Today the US Patent and Trademark Office revealed a new Apple invention…

Apple patent filing reveals fingerprint scanner with advanced NFC application built into the Home Button

Saturday, September 7, 2013 11:03 amSunday, September 8, 201339 Comments

When Apple revealed the iPhone 5 last year, many were confused…

Apple granted major patent for an advanced distance-sensing user interface

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 1:00 pm11 Comments

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…

Apple patent application reveals auto-switching between front and rear cameras during FaceTime calls, video recording

Thursday, August 29, 2013 10:28 amThursday, August 29, 20132 Comments

Teleconferencing and video capture technology that would process video from an iPhone…

Apple patent applications detail iPhone as smart remote control, DIY silent disco device

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 5:00 pm2 Comments

Apple explores the potential of the iPhone to act as an intelligent remote…

Samsung: The surprise leader in design patents

Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:02 pmThursday, August 22, 201320 Comments

Design is increasingly important in unlocking value…

Apple patent application reveals revolutionary flex material for MacBooks and beyond

Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:00 amThursday, August 22, 201310 Comments

“The new material is designed to purposely flex just enough…

Apple’s latest patent is a game-changer for iPad

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:07 pmTuesday, August 20, 201326 Comments

Users could interact with a touch-sensitive device…

Apple granted patents relating to sports workouts, advanced 3D gesturing and more

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:56 am4 Comments

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…

New fingerprint sensor patent from Apple revealed in Europe

Saturday, August 17, 2013 2:08 pmSaturday, August 17, 201327 Comments

Apple’s future fingerprint scanner has a security feature built-in that will…

Apple patent application details camera design for thinner iOS devices using GRIN Technology

Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:01 pmThursday, August 15, 201327 Comments

On August 15, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series…

Apple patent application reveals redesigns MagSafe and new flexible audio connector

Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:00 amThursday, August 15, 201312 Comments

An Apple patent application reveals a MagSafe connector design with new…

Apple files for ‘Live Listen’ trademark

Monday, August 12, 2013 8:55 am8 Comments

On August 12, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s…

Apple patent application reveals fused glass enclosures for iPhones, iPads, iPods, displays, and televisions

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 4:14 pmTuesday, August 6, 201313 Comments

Apple’s patent application describes a fused glass process for device housings…

Apple patent application details simplifying document scanning to computing devices

Friday, August 2, 2013 3:31 pmFriday, August 2, 20134 Comments

An Apple patent filing for the ad hoc transmission of scanned documents…

Apple patent application reveals plans to take ‘iOS in the Car’ to whole new level

Thursday, August 1, 2013 11:01 amThursday, August 1, 201313 Comments

On August 1, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…

Apple patent application details enterprise centric app sharing via FaceTime

Thursday, August 1, 2013 10:30 amThursday, August 1, 20136 Comments

On August 1, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…

Apple patents three-sensor, three-lens iPhone camera for enhanced resolution color photos

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 4:44 pmWednesday, July 31, 201319 Comments

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

US patent office rejects claims of Apple ‘pinch to zoom’ patent

Monday, July 29, 2013 11:31 amMonday, July 29, 201325 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent…

Apple patent application reveals methods of forming 3D structures with Liquidmetal

Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:01 amThursday, July 25, 20134 Comments

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

Apple granted 49 patents covering Lightning, Mac mini, cameras, and more

Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:06 pm5 Comments

It’s a huge day for Apple in respect to newly granted patents…

Apple and Liquidmetal scientists granted new patent that could enable Liquidmetal production on a massive scale

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 6:51 pmTuesday, July 16, 201335 Comments

Apple and Liquidmetal scientists have filed a patent…

Apple granted 40 patents covering a self-adapting haptic device, scene adaptive auto exposure, a virtual drafting tools application and much more

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 5:01 pmTuesday, July 16, 20135 Comments

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 40 newly granted patents for Apple…

Apple granted 36 patents covering advanced in-car telematics, Multi-Touch, laser processing and much more

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 8:29 am1 Comment

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…

Apple patent application details self-adjusting, noise-canceling earbuds

Monday, July 8, 2013 1:29 pmMonday, July 8, 201310 Comments

An Apple patent application has been discovered that describes a set of earbuds…

Apple files for more iOS 7 icon trademarks and wins design patent in China

Saturday, July 6, 2013 9:42 am29 Comments

On Monday an avalanche of revised iOS 7 icons surfaced…

Apple patent details flexible battery shape for future devices

Friday, July 5, 2013 6:19 pm12 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published an Apple patent…

Apple’s latest move worries Windows PC assemblers

Friday, July 5, 2013 5:01 pmFriday, July 5, 201330 Comments

Apple has filed a patent application with the USPTO…

Is Apple’s magic wand ‘the simplest interface’ that Steve Jobs envisioned for iTV?

Friday, July 5, 2013 2:31 pmFriday, July 5, 201312 Comments

As Tim Cook & Co. continue ‘pulling the string’ on the TV space…

Apple patent application reveals Apple’s Waze-like navigation system that creates routes based on user ratings, real-time accident reporting

Friday, July 5, 2013 11:01 amFriday, July 5, 20138 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published…

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