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Tag: U.S. patents

Apple scores victory in patent dispute over Apple Watch heart monitoring tech

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 12:02 pmWednesday, December 7, 2022No Comments

Apple has notched a significant victory by successfully challenging patents at the center of a high-profile dispute over Apple Watch heart …

Apple wins ruling that tosses out $308.5 million patent infringement verdict

Friday, August 6, 2021 1:12 pm3 Comments

Apple has won a ruling that will toss out a $308.5 million patent infringement verdict after a U.S. federal judge said Apple was the victim of…

Apple Car: Apple granted U.S. patent for ‘Active Suspension System’

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 9:26 amMonday, April 18, 20228 Comments

Apple has been granted a patent (#11,065,931) for an “active suspension system” for a vehicle, which we commonly refer to as “Apple Car.”

Apple was granted over 2,000 patents last year

Thursday, August 15, 2019 10:00 amThursday, August 15, 2019No Comments

Apple was last year granted more than 2,000 patents, putting in around 10th place in a ranking of US companies…

Apple goes on offense to squelch threat of FISI lawsuit over USB charging

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:43 pm1 Comment

Apple is ‘going on the offensive’ against Fundamental Innovation Systems International…

Jury award of $145 million in Apple-WiLAN patent case slashed to $10 million

Monday, January 7, 2019 10:00 amMonday, January 7, 20192 Comments

A jury verdict that awarded $145 million to licensing firm WiLAN Inc. after its victory…

Corning’s bendable Gorilla Glass glass could shape the foldable phones of the future

Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:30 amThursday, December 6, 201810 Comments

Corning’s glass has been shielding gadgets for longer than any of us have been alive…

Don’t expect a folding iPhone anytime soon

Thursday, November 8, 2018 5:06 pm9 Comments

At long last, the first folding phone from Samsung is nearly a reality….

Can foldable phones help Samsung copy Apple?

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 11:38 am3 Comments

The question for smartphone makers other than Apple is…

Apple granted a second patent for a folding iPhone with flexible hinge

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 11:01 amTuesday, October 16, 20186 Comments

Apple was granted a patent covering a folding iPhone back in November 2016

Apple gets 49 new U.S. patents including a foldable iPhone and an iPhone design invented by Steve Jobs

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 3:28 pmTuesday, September 4, 20185 Comments

Apple won their first patent for a folding phone back in July…

Gene Munster: Apple has cornered the market in VCSELs, further expanding their AR lead

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 2:15 pm1 Comment

Apple’s key iPhone X augmented reality component supplier, Lumentum, reported better than expected results…

U.S. jury awards $145 million damages to Canada’s WiLan against Apple

Thursday, August 2, 2018 10:27 amThursday, August 2, 20186 Comments

Apple plans to appeal…

Tim Bajarin: How Apple could deliver the ‘next’ big thing in personal computing

Monday, July 16, 2018 2:04 pmMonday, July 16, 201820 Comments

From my years of tracking Apple, two very consistent threads seem to drive Apple’s strategy…

Analyst: Augmented reality could be an $8 billion revenue opportunity for Apple

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 2:08 pmTuesday, July 10, 20186 Comments

Apple’s move into augmented reality could boost iPhone and App Store sales…

Why Apple is positioned to dominate the AR/VR headset market

Thursday, May 31, 2018 4:30 pmThursday, May 31, 20186 Comments

Despite being a relatively small and young industry, the market for virtual reality and augmented reality-based devices…

Golfshot introduces Golfscape AR augmented reality feature exclusive to Apple’s iOS devices

Thursday, May 31, 2018 11:25 amThursday, May 31, 20181 Comment

Golfshot’s augmented reality feature Golfscape AR is now available for all iOS users of the Golfshot app…

I can’t wait to use a virtual iMac

Thursday, February 22, 2018 12:02 pmThursday, February 22, 20185 Comments

iPhones will eventually become trucks, the people who use them will do lots with them…

Inside Cupertino’s upcoming breakthrough product: Apple Glass

Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:36 amThursday, February 15, 201815 Comments

Apple is working on something big. And if all goes according to plan, that something could eventually replace the iPhone…

Apple moves toward what could be its greatest victory

Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:04 amThursday, February 15, 201810 Comments

Having played a lot of chess, I like to think about the probable strategy of secretive companies…

Apple, Facebook, and Google met with AR headset parts suppliers during CES 2018

Friday, January 12, 2018 5:00 pmFriday, January 12, 2018No Comments

Companies are racing to be the first to get lightweight augmented reality glasses into consumers’ hands…

Apple acquires Canadian augmented reality headset startup Vrvana

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:32 pmTuesday, November 21, 2017No Comments

As Apple reportedly ramps up work to ship an augmented reality headset in 2020…

Apple working on rear-facing 3D time-of-flight sensor for 2019 iPhone

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 9:27 amTuesday, November 14, 20174 Comments

Apple Inc. is working on a rear-facing 3-D sensor system for the iPhone in 2019…

What problems will Apple’s AR glasses need to solve?

Monday, November 13, 2017 5:28 pmMonday, November 13, 201715 Comments

Apple is developing AR glasses, and an OS to make them useful…

Apple working on augmented reality headset running ‘rOS’ to ship as early as 2020

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:35 amWednesday, November 8, 201710 Comments

Apple aims to have technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020…

Leaked document details Apple employee eye injuries, hints at Apple AR glasses

Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:40 pm13 Comments

An incident report compiled by an Environment Health and Safety contractor working for Apple…

Apple is working on several AR products, including glasses, but first in iPhone, sources say

Monday, March 20, 2017 9:59 amMonday, March 20, 201712 Comments

Investors impatient for Apple’s next breakthrough will be happy to know that Cook is very serious about A…

Apple CEO Cook on Augmented Reality: ‘I regard it as a big idea like the smartphone’

Friday, February 10, 2017 5:34 pmSaturday, February 11, 201724 Comments

Tim Cook has been having quite the week. On Monday and Tuesday he was whistlestopping round France and Germany…

Why Apple will make smart glasses

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 5:32 pmWednesday, January 25, 201740 Comments

It’s hard to picture Apple selling smart glasses. But it’s also hard to picture them not doing it…

Apple sues Nokia’s patent trolls; says Nokia attempting to ‘compensate for its own failing cell phone business’

Wednesday, December 21, 2016 5:05 pmWednesday, December 21, 201618 Comments

Apple on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Acacia Research Corporation and Conversant Intellectual Property Management…

Nokia sues Apple in Germany and the US for alleged infringement of Nokia patents

Wednesday, December 21, 2016 2:03 pmWednesday, December 21, 20164 Comments

Nokia announced that it has today filed a number of complaints against Apple in Germany and the US…

Apple working to integrate Augmented Reality capabilities into iPhone’s Camera app

Thursday, November 17, 2016 12:12 am7 Comments

Apple has a team of people working on integrating augmented reality functionality…

No, Apple’s next big thing won’t be smart glasses

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 2:01 pmWednesday, November 16, 201611 Comments

Apple is working on glasses that include augmented-reality features…

Apple Specs: Smart glasses that people will want to wear

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 9:01 amWednesday, November 16, 20167 Comments

Apple is seriously exploring the idea of developing a pair of smart glasses that can present users with…

Apple considers move into smart glasses

Monday, November 14, 2016 9:48 pmWednesday, November 16, 201621 Comments

Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing…

Apple’s Time Machine, Cover Flow, and Safari for iOS targeted in new patent infringement lawsuit

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 3:20 pmWednesday, January 21, 20159 Comments

A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California…

Apple granted two new Liquidmetal production patents

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 10:26 amTuesday, August 26, 20147 Comments

Apple has been granted two patents today for inventions relating to Liquidmetal…

Apple and GT Advanced open second sapphire plant in Salem, Massachusetts

Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:58 amThursday, June 19, 20145 Comments

A second Apple synthetic Sapphire Plant has been revealed…

Apple readies scratch-proof sapphire screens for next-gen 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones

Thursday, June 19, 2014 8:58 amThursday, June 19, 201420 Comments

Apple will be using sapphire crystal displays for both sizes…

Apple: We are working on new materials, new areas

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:21 am13 Comments

Materials we haven’t worked in before…

GT Advanced: UBS sees rising sapphire production for future Apple product

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 6:01 pmWednesday, May 28, 20145 Comments

Steven Chin of UBS today reiterates a Buy rating on shares of GT Advanced…

WWDC: So, how are Apple’s Liquidmetal plans shaping up?

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:28 pmWednesday, May 28, 201416 Comments

Apple seems set to thrill and possibly delight us at WWDC next week…

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