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| Dec 12, 2012 | Apple's Classic Mac Startup Chime is now a Registered Trademark
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Search | Apple's Startup Chime Now a Registered Trademark
Apple's newly granted registered trademark was originally filed for in the US in late June and in Europe in July of this year. The trademark was filed for under International Class 009 which ... |
| Nov 22, 2012 | Apple Reveals Next-Gen 3D Multi-Level Dock for OS X
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Search | Apple's Patent Background
Computing devices often have many software applications available to users. A user of a computing device could invoke applications in a variety of ways. Names of applications available on a computing device could b... |
| Nov 8, 2012 | Apple Invents Very Cool Next-Gen Dual Mode Headphones!
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Search | Apple's Patent Background
Portable electronic devices have become common place in our society. Users typically listen to content on their portable devices using headphones, although there are speakers available that could be connected to po... |
| Aug 14, 2012 | Apple Granted Two Original 2007 Multi-Touch Display Patents
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Search | Apple Granted Two Original 2007 Multi-Touch Patents
Apple has been granted two original 2007 multi-touch patents. The first is titled "Touch screen liquid crystal display" and lists a whopping 85 patent claims.
The first granted p... |
| Jun 26, 2012 | Apple Wins Patents for Inductive Charging & iOS Scrolling, Rotating & Resizing on Displays
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Search | Apple Wins Patent for Inductive Charging Dock
Apple has received a Granted Patent relating to circuits, methods, and apparatus for adapters, such as inserts and cable adapters, and docking stations that include one or more of the following:... |
| Jun 21, 2012 | Chinese Company Holding the iPad Trademark in Trouble
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Search | Proview Shenzhen Could be Forced into Bankrupcy Ending iPad Case Against Apple According to a Chinese publication, the Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province opened court on Wednesday afternoon to hear the appeal launched by Proview Sh... |
| Apr 17, 2012 | Apple Wins a Major Patent Victory for the iTunes Store
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Search | Apple wins their Original iTunes Store Patent
Since Apple's iTunes Store patent is such a classic, we present you with Apple's original patent background and summary verbatim:
Patent Background
Traditionally, music has been purchased at mus... |
| Mar 29, 2012 | Apple Invents a Killer 3D Imaging Camera for iOS Devices
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Search | Today's Cameras with Limited 3D Capabilities
Existing three-dimensional image capture devices, such as digital cameras and video recorders, can derive limited three-dimensional visual information for objects located within a captured area. ... |
| Mar 8, 2012 | Apple Files for MacBook Pro Trademark with Huge Twists
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Search | Is Apple Preparing the MacBook Pro to Outgun the Haswell Ultrabook?
One of the reasons that I've followed Intel's IDF keynotes over the years is to get a feel for what the PC Industry as a whole is thinking about. During the IDF June 2011 s... |
| Feb 16, 2012 | Apple is Out to Make Sharing Media on Your iPhone a lot Easier
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Search | Apple's Patent Background
Modern mobile devices may include a variety of communication applications, such as telephony, text messaging and e-mail. These applications often include a contacts database or "address book" containing t... |
| Feb 2, 2012 | New Virtual Controls from Apple Point to a Future iMac Touch
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Search | The Problem with Traditional Desktop Knob Controls
Modern computer operating systems often provide a desktop graphical user interface ("GUI") for displaying various graphical objects. Some examples of graphical objects include win... |
| Jan 31, 2012 | Apple Wins iPhone Patents for Location Tracking, Hybrid Antenna & More
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Search | Apple Granted Patent for iPhone Location Tracking
Apple has received their first Granted Patent relating to the iPhone's location tracking technology. In order to actually understand what Apple's winning patent is for, we present you with t... |
| Jan 19, 2012 | Apple to Redesign Battery Shapes for Future, Thinner Devices
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Search | The Limiting Design of Battery Shapes Today
Rechargeable batteries are presently used to provide power to a wide variety of portable electronic devices, including laptop computers, mobile phones, PDAs, digital music players and cordless pow... |
| Jan 17, 2012 | Steve Jobs Credited with an Apple TV Patent for Episodic TV
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Search | Apple Wins an Apple TV Patent Relating to Organizing Episodic TV
Apple has received a Granted Patent relating to a method of organizing episodic content such as TV shows on Apple TV.
Apple's patent FIG. 5 shown below, illustrates a block di... |
| Jan 5, 2012 | Apple Patents Reveal Thunderbolt is headed for iOS Devices
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Search | Apple's Patent Background
Apple begins their overview of this first patent application by stating that the amount of data transferred between and among electronic devices has increased tremendously. Applications such as high-definition vide... |
| Dec 1, 2011 | Apple Invents Digital Device Handshake using Next-Gen Cameras & Invisible Inks
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Search | Apple's Patent Background
Electronic devices could be used to store any suitable information, including for example, media, application data (e.g., contacts or calendar events), text and number documents, or combinations of these. In some c... |
| Nov 10, 2011 | What's next for the iPod Shuffle/Nano? A Speaker Clip of Course
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Search | About Apple's Speaker Clip
Apple is thinking that a speaker clip for the iPod shuffle and nano would be a natural evolutionary step for their media players. Being that most of us are aware of these mini media players, we'll just jump right ... |
| Aug 29, 2011 | Apple's WebKit Trademark Filing Challenged by Research in Motion
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Search | Apple's WebKit is a layout engine designed to allow web browsers to render web pages. WebKit powers Google Chrome and Safari and is also used as the basis for the experimental browser included with the Amazon Kindle ebook reader and other p... |
| Jul 25, 2011 | Apple Invents New Flat Keyless Keyboard for Desktops & More
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Search | The General Problem to Solve
Apple lays out the general problem to solve by stating that in general, touch-sensitive surface or related input devices may be less reliable in determining a pressed command or intended input when compared with... |
| Jul 7, 2011 | Apple Wants to Beat HP's WebOS Sharing Feature with Something Cooler
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Search | The Problem to Solve
When an individual performs an action in a real world, physical environment, the individual experiences various physical phenomenon that indicates that the task is being performed or has been completed. For example, if ... |
| May 20, 2011 | Apple Working on Privacy Mode Viewing Options for Future Displays
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Search | The Problem to Solve
Many electronic devices include the ability to present visible information to a user. In particular, many cellular telephones, laptop computers, and other portable electronic devices include a display screen for project... |
| May 19, 2011 | Apple Patent Reveals Aperture Coming to Touch Display Devices
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Search | Aperture Coming to Touch Screen Devices
Apple's patent background discusses graphical user interfaces (GUI) that provide users of computers and other electronic devices with a collection of visible tools with which a user could interact (e.... |
| May 12, 2011 | Apple to Advance iPhone with both Text-to-Speech & Speech-to-Text Converters
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Search | Problem One: Communicating in Noisy Environments
A smartphone user may sometimes have to make or answer a phone call in a noisy environment. Noise could interfere with a phone conversation to a degree that the conversation is no longer inte... |
| Apr 25, 2011 | Apple Abandons their Efforts to Secure the "POD" Trademark
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Search | Apple Gives up the Ghost for POD
After a long seven year legal battle to secure the trademark "POD," Apple has finally given up the ghost and officially notified the appropriate authorities of their intentions to abandon POD. The ... |
| Apr 7, 2011 | Apple Blows us Away with Smart Bezel Details!
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Search | The Problem to Solve
Apple first lays out the problem to solve by stating that traditional electronic devices include a display for providing visual outputs to a user. For example, a traditional device may include a liquid crystal display (... |
| Apr 5, 2011 | Apple Wins Patent for All-New Hybrid DisplayPort/USB 3.0 Connector
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Search | Granted Patent: All New Connector
Apple has been granted a powerful patent that packs quite the wallop. Somehow they snuck a secret patent application through the system for an all-new high speed connector that will combine at least USB 3.0... |
| Apr 2, 2011 | Apple's Smart Pen System: It's Time to Think Different, Again
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Search | It's Time to Think Different, Again
Apple's inventor Brett Bilbrey provides us with an overview for this system: "Computer systems, including personal computers, are obviously well known. Conventional computer systems include basics su... |
| Mar 14, 2011 | Apple Files for Apple Logo Trademarks Once used by the Beatles
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Search | Apple's Trademark Application In-Part
Apple Seeks to Register the Two Famed Figurative Apple Logos
The Two Famed Apple Logos used on the Abbey Road Album 1969
Apple Trademark: International Class Details
Apple seeks to protect both of their... |
| Mar 4, 2011 | Apple Inc Files for "Apple" Trademark Under 42 International Classes
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Search | Apple's Trademark Application In-Part
While initially writing today's report, I had to triple-check that in fact I was covering Apple Inc. and not Apple Carpets or Apple Industrial Cleaner. So to make sure that you're not seeing things, I'v... |
| Feb 3, 2011 | Apple Designs a Future Built-In Stand for the iPad & More
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Search | The Need for a New Kind of Built-In Device-Stand
Various mechanisms have been used for supporting an object. Many objects are provided with a support mechanism that only allows the object to be supported in a single configuration. For objec... |
| Jan 25, 2011 | Apple Wins Patent for a High Tactility (Magic) Glove System
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Search | Patent Background
Electronic devices, and in particular portable electronic devices such as the iPhone and iPod have become ubiquitous. Some users may operate electronic devices at any time, and in any place. In particular, some users may o... |
| Nov 8, 2010 | A New Patent Reveals Scrollable Menus & Toolbars for OS X Lion
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Search | Patent Background
User interfaces of computer applications often provide numerous commands or user interface tools for a user to choose from. For instance, many applications include drop down menus. Such menus often include lists of command... |
| Oct 30, 2010 | Apple Files Lawsuit against Motorola to Defend Multi-Touch
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Search | The Accused Products
According to court documents, Apple states that the Accused Products are mobile devices, such as smartphones, and associated software, including operating systems, user interfaces, and other application software designe... |
| Sep 25, 2010 | New Apple iPad Designs Surface with Landscape Docking & More
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Search | New iPad Design Variant to Support Landscape Docking
Update May 29, 2012: News.com Australia reports that a picture of one of the original iPad prototype's recently surfaced on eBay. The unit uniquely sported a landscape connector as our re... |
| Aug 23, 2010 | The Mother Lode: Welcome to the iMac Touch
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Search | General Overview of the Patent
While touch-based input is well suited to many applications, conventional styles of input, such as a mouse/keyboard input may be preferred in other applications. Therefore it may be desirable for some devices ... |
| Aug 5, 2010 | Apple Introduces us to the Smart Bike
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Search | Patent Background
Many bicyclists desire accessing different information as they ride, such as speed, position, heart rate, power or other information related to components of the bicycle. To provide such information to the cyclist during t... |
| Jun 7, 2007 | Okay Apple, it’s June; where are my iLife/iWork updates? | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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