Tag Archives: United States Patent and Trademark Office

National Inventors Hall of Fame honors creators of Unix, power drills and more

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The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) joined Engadget on stage today at CES to announce its 2019 class of inductees. While the official induction ceremony won't actually happen until May 2nd at the National Building Museum in DC, we can tell you...

Apple patents smart pen for capturing digital copies of handwritten notes

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Apple has been granted Patent No. 8,922,530 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the design of a "Communicating stylus” which is about a smart writing utensil which makes use of accelerometers...

Redskins Trademark Revoked

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The U.S. Trademark and Patent Office revoked the Washington Redskins trademark on June 18. Judges who revoked the trademark labeled it as "disparaging," per The Washington Post's Andrea Noble:...

Apple patent shows bayonet lens mounts

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Apple was granted a new patent recently that covers a way that the smartphone maker could integrate removable lenses into the iPhone and other gadgets reports Apple Insider. The patent shows a system...

Apple patent shows method of letting mobile users listen in on voice mails being left

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Apple has been issued a new patent by the USPTO that outlines an interesting new feature that could one day make it to mobile phone users. In the days when answering machines were common with...

US Issues Patent For A Fraudulent Human Embryonic Stem Cell Method

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At first I thought the Patent Office was having a little fun. Was it an April Fools Day joke?  No, it’s only February – and the U.S. Patent Office never kids around. What did they do? They ...

The New Patent would Allow Siri to Search through Photos

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Apple Balla reports that in a response to the increasing need to catalogue and search through digital photos accumulated in iPhones and other devices, Apple applied for a patent for a system that...
    






Will Sapphire be Used in Apple’s Future Devices?

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A patent filing indicates that Apple is very serious about using Sapphire in their upcoming electronic products.According to Apple Balla, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a patent...

Samsung Opens up its Patent Business in the US

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Samsung’s patent office in the USA has just been given a boost by the formation of IKT. Located in Washington DC, the development of patents began in March. The main reason behind the whole effort...
    


Apple Granted a Patent on the Design of Its Retail Stores

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We all know that Apple vigorously defends its patents and trademarks for its products such as the iPhone and iPad. The company is also extending its trademark reach into its retail environment. The...