38 patent(s) in this week's alert:
Assignee Summary:| Patents | Owner |
| 38 | Apple |
| Patents | Class Code |
| 11 | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] |
| 7 | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] |
| 3 | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] |
| 3 | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] |
| 2 | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] |
| 2 | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] |
| 1 | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] |
| 1 | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] |
| 1 | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...] |
| 1 | G08B [SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM ...] |
| 1 | G10L [SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEEC...] |
| 1 | H03M [CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using ...] |
| 1 | G03B [APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR...] |
| 1 | A61B [DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biologica...] |
| 1 | B60R [VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHER...] |
| 1 | G01S [RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING ...] |
Details on individual patents:
| #12484847 | Hydration measurement with a watch |
| Applied: | 08/16/2021, #17/403677 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1569 days App to Issue] Normal range: (645 to 1969) |
| Pat Class: | A61B [DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biologica...] In this class there are; 144256 patents, 10013 companies, and 99382 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Alexander W. Williams (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Hydration measurement capabilities can be provided by a wearable electronic device, such as a watch, to allow a user to easily track hydration. A watch can be positioned to receive and measure one or more electrical properties of perspiration produced by the user wearing the watch. The watch provides electrodes for measuring the electrical properties of the perspiration. The electrical properties, such as electrical conductance, can represent a concentration of electrolytes in the perspiration, which in turn represents a hydration level of the user. The hydration tracking can be performed non-invasively, repeatedly, accurately, automatically, and with minimal user intervention. The measurements can be used to provide useful feedback and health tracking information to a user, thereby allowing the user to better manage hydration and overall health. |
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| #12485842 | Crash detection on mobile device |
| Applied: | 09/06/2023, #18/462271 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [818 days App to Issue] Normal range: (494 to 1406) |
| Pat Class: | B60R [VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHER...] In this class there are; 27248 patents, 2088 companies, and 22378 inventors in 222 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 22) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Vinay R. Majjigi (Mountain View, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=5, M=17 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments are disclosed for crash detection on one or more mobile devices (e.g., smartwatch and/or smartphone). In some embodiments, a method comprises: detecting, with at least one processor, a crash event on a crash device; extracting, with the at least one processor, multimodal features from sensor data generated by multiple sensing modalities of the crash device; computing, with the at least one processor, a plurality of crash decisions based on a plurality of machine learning models applied to the multimodal features; and determining, with the at least one processor, that a severe vehicle crash has occurred involving the crash device based on the plurality of crash decisions and a severity model. |
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| #12487312 | Dynamic and intermittent localization |
| Applied: | 07/17/2023, #18/353252 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [869 days App to Issue] Normal range: (556 to 1674) |
| Pat Class: | G01S [RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING ...] In this class there are; 25104 patents, 3110 companies, and 31366 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Blank Rome LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Siddharth S. Hazra (Hayward, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Performing a combination localization technique includes determining a target localization parameter, selecting a combination localization technique in accordance with the target localization parameter, including a first localization technique associated with a first power error time profile, and a second localization technique associated with a second power error time profile. A device location is determined using the first localization technique for a first time period in accordance with the first power error time profile, and an updated device location is determined using the second localization technique in response to a triggering condition. A further updated device location is determined using the first localization technique following the first time period based on the updated device location. At least one of a combined energy value and a combined maximum error rate for the combination localization technique satisfies the target localization parameter. |
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| #12487378 | Lens coatings |
| Applied: | 08/28/2023, #18/456967 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [827 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1449) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 80953 patents, 3859 companies, and 44970 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 13; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Nikhil D Kalyankar (Fremont, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A head-mounted device may have left-eye and right-eye optical modules that may have a display that creates an image and a corresponding lens that provides the image to an eye box for viewing by a user. The optical modules each include a lens barrel to which the display and lens of that optical module are mounted and a head-mounted optical module gaze tracking system. The gaze tracking system may have light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes that emit light at a given near infrared wavelength and may operate through the lens and a removable supplemental lens. The supplemental lens may be a prescription lens and may have an antireflection portion that reduces the reflectance of the lens across visible and near infrared wavelengths. The antireflection portion may be a thin-film interference coating or a moth-eye portion. In this way, the gaze tracking system may operate through the removable supplemental lens. |
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| #12487407 | Compact light splitting devices and methods |
| Applied: | 06/28/2022, #17/851252 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1253 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1449) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 80953 patents, 3859 companies, and 44970 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 11; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Yi-Kuei Wu (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Configurations for a light splitting device used for light splitting over an operating bandwidth of wavelengths are disclosed. The light splitting device may include a first coupler and a second coupler, where the first coupler has a first splitting power relationship and the second coupler has a second splitting power relationship and the first and second splitting power relationships are complementary to one another over the operating bandwidth of wavelengths. The light splitting device may further include a phase delay positioned between the first and second couplers. The phase delay may result in the output light having an approximately even optical power distribution across the operating bandwidth of wavelengths. In some embodiments, the first and second couplers may be directional couplers and, in other embodiments, the first and second couplers may be tapered couplers. |
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| #12487509 | Camera assemblies with a flanged lens module |
| Applied: | 07/18/2023, #18/223312 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [868 days App to Issue] Normal range: (508 to 1468) |
| Pat Class: | G03B [APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR...] In this class there are; 21964 patents, 1059 companies, and 6395 inventors in 163 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Zachary W. Birnbaum (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Camera assemblies that include a lens module, a camera housing enclosing the lens module, and an actuator module coupled to the lens module. The lens module includes at least one lens element disposed along an optical axis and a lens barrel at least partially surrounding the at least one lens element. The lens barrel includes a flange that defines, at an intersection with the at least one lens element, an input aperture through which light enters the lens module. The flange has a height that varies in a direction from the input aperture to an outer edge of the flange. The actuator module is configured to rotate the lens module around axes orthogonal to the optical axis with respect to the camera housing. |
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| #12487682 | User interfaces for brackets |
| Applied: | 11/16/2023, #18/511891 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [747 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1852) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 650580 patents, 20783 companies, and 409535 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 37; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Emmet R. Smith (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=6 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of events arranged in a bracket. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an input corresponding to a request to update a view level of the bracket, the electronic device updates the presentation of information included in representations of events included in the bracket. |
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| #12487686 | Systems, methods, and devices including optical occlusion detection |
| Applied: | 08/28/2024, #18/818476 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [461 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (546 to 1852) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 650580 patents, 20783 companies, and 409535 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 21; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Tong Chen (Fremont, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Present examples are directed to systems and methods for detecting local optical occlusion on a device. Examples are also directed to devices that may detect local optical occlusion. For example, a device may include a first light emitter and a first light detector, and the device may determine that the first light emitter of the device is optically occluded by an object outside a housing of the device based on a first amount of light of one or more amounts of light detected via the first light detector. |
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| #12487716 | Touch electrode architecture for touch screen including touch electrode-free region |
| Applied: | 08/30/2023, #18/459026 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [825 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1852) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 650580 patents, 20783 companies, and 409535 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Ashray Vinayak Gogte (Campbell, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some examples, a touch screen includes a first region corresponding to a region of the touch screen without touch electrodes; a second region corresponding to a region of the touch screen with a first conductive material (e.g., solid metal) with a first density in a first conductive layer; and a third region corresponding to a region of the touch screen with a second conductive material (e.g., metal mesh) with a second density, lower than the first density, in the first conductive layer. In some examples, the second region circumscribes the first region, and the third region circumscribes the second region. Some touch electrodes include a portion of the first conductive material in the second region and a portion of the second conductive material in the third region. Such touch electrodes can be routed using the first conductive material in the first conductive layer around the first region. |
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| #12487816 | Software updating |
| Applied: | 11/16/2020, #16/949828 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1842 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1852) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 650580 patents, 20783 companies, and 409535 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 16; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Eric Bainville (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A novel software updating method is provided. A target file is divided into segments, where some segments are updated by patching, while other segments are updated by archiving. The segmentation of the update allows very large files such as DYLD shared caches to be patched in-place, i.e., by using free space available within the file to perform patching rather than requiring enough free space on disk to store both the new version and the old version of the file. The segmentation of the update also allows each segment to be updated individually by the most optimal update method (copy, patch, or archive) so that the size of the update file can be minimized. |
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| #12487927 | Remote cache invalidation |
| Applied: | 02/20/2024, #18/582305 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [651 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1852) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 650580 patents, 20783 companies, and 409535 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Brett S. Feero (Lake Oswego, OR) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=7 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques are disclosed relating to performing remote cache invalidations. In some embodiments, primary processor circuitry is configured to, based on execution of a remote invalidate instruction (e.g., an ISA-defined instruction), send a cache invalidate command to coprocessor circuitry. The coprocessor circuitry includes coprocessor cache circuitry and cache invalidation control circuitry configured to, in response to the cache invalidate command sent by the primary processor, invalidate one or more cache lines in the coprocessor cache circuitry without executing any instructions on the coprocessor circuitry. |
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| #12488044 | Automatically predicting relevant contexts for media items |
| Applied: | 03/01/2021, #17/188858 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1737 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1852) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 650580 patents, 20783 companies, and 409535 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Blank Rome LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Mark H. Levy (Winchester, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present technology pertains to automatically context labeling media items with relevant contexts, and further for algorithmically generating high quality playlists built around a context that are personalized to a profile of an account. This is accomplished by combining data from observed playlists, and data representing intrinsic properties of media items to predict contexts for media items. |
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| #12488300 | Fitness challenge E-Awards |
| Applied: | 01/02/2024, #18/402343 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [700 days App to Issue] Normal range: (511 to 2227) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 86761 patents, 12463 companies, and 143290 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Jay Kriz Blahnik (Venice, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A server system may facilitate and participate in operations relating to physical activity goals being performed at user devices. For example, the server system may receive a physical activity goal from a first user device associated with a first user profile. The server system may also receive an identification of a reward corresponding to the physical activity goal from the first user device. The server system may also transmit at least the physical activity goal to a second user device associated with a second user profile. The server system may also receive, from the second user device, first information associated with the physical activity goal. The server system may also transmit second information associated with the reward to a third device. |
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| #12488414 | Generating different versions of visual content for display |
| Applied: | 08/10/2023, #18/232600 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [845 days App to Issue] Normal range: (496 to 1512) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 52753 patents, 6363 companies, and 86329 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A vertical lookup table (LUT) stores first vertical scale values for a first display in a first portion and second vertical scale values for a second display in a second portion. A horizontal LUT stores horizontal scale values for the first display and the second display. A first version of visual content is generated for the first display by applying the first vertical scale values and the horizontal scale values to a first image frame that represents the visual content at a first resolution. A second version of the visual content is generated for the second display by applying the second vertical scale values and the horizontal scale values to a second image frame that represents the visual content at a second resolution. |
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| #12488500 | Methods, systems, and apparatuses for simultaneous eye characteristic tracking and eye model updating |
| Applied: | 05/12/2023, #18/196756 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [935 days App to Issue] Normal range: (496 to 1512) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 52753 patents, 6363 companies, and 86329 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Thompson Hine LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Hao Qin (Saratoga, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various implementations disclosed herein include an inconspicuous eye enrollment for user devices through the simultaneous or near-simultaneous eye characteristic tracking and eye model updating. The implementations disclosed herein direct light towards an eye of a user to produce glint reflections and obtain, via one or more sensors, image frames comprising depictions of the glint reflections. Based on those image frames, the implementations disclosed herein track eye characteristics and update an eye model of the eye during a period of time between obtaining a first image frame of the image frames and obtaining a second image frame of the image frames. |
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| #12488664 | Devices and methods for locating accessories of an electronic device |
| Applied: | 05/10/2024, #18/661365 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [571 days App to Issue] Normal range: (479 to 1497) |
| Pat Class: | G08B [SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM ...] In this class there are; 27537 patents, 3011 companies, and 22406 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 24; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Michael Ignazio Ingrassia, Jr. (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Devices and methods for locating accessories of an electronic device are provided. In one example, a method may include detecting parameters associated with disconnecting an accessory from the electronic device. The electronic device, or an associated device, may store the detected parameters so that the detected parameters are accessible if the accessory becomes lost. The electronic device may receive a request from a user of the electronic device for assistance in locating the accessory. In response to the request for assistance in locating the accessory, the electronic device may provide the stored parameters to the user of the electronic device to aid them in searching for their lost accessory. |
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| #12488769 | Content based foveation |
| Applied: | 03/25/2024, #18/616064 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [617 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1449) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 80953 patents, 3859 companies, and 44970 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Yashas Rai Kurlethimar (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Prior to rendering a current frame, a device obtains a previously rendered frame. The device determines that a first portion of the previously rendered frame is associated with a particular type of content. The device renders a first portion of the current frame that corresponds to the first portion of the previously rendered frame with a first rendering characteristic while rendering a second portion of the current frame with a second rendering characteristic that is different from the first rendering characteristic. |
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| #12488803 | Method and system for encoding and wirelessly transmitting stereo audio content for audio communication |
| Applied: | 05/11/2022, #17/741874 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1301 days App to Issue] Normal range: (521 to 1757) |
| Pat Class: | G10L [SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEEC...] In this class there are; 26275 patents, 1986 companies, and 28481 inventors in 205 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Aikin Gallant, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Aarti Kumar (Los Altos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Disclosed are systems and methods to modify the Bluetooth mono HFP protocol to support bi-directional stereo operation for high bandwidth audio including 12-KHz wide-band, 16-KHz super wide-band (SWB), and 24-KHz full band (FB) audio. The techniques leverage the larger packet size and longer duty cycle of the 2-EV5 transport packet and expand the block size of the audio frames generated by the AAC-ELD codec to increase the maximum data throughput from the 64 kbps of the mono HFP protocol to 192 kbps using a stereo HFP protocol. The increased throughput not only supports stereo operations, but allows the transport of redundant or FEC packets for increased robustness against packet loss. In one aspect, the AAC-ELD codec may be configured for dynamic bit rate switching to flexibly perform trade-offs between audio quality and robustness against packet loss. The stereo HFP may configure the maximum throughput based on the desired audio quality. |
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| #12489455 | ADC architecture with non-uniform quantization |
| Applied: | 02/16/2024, #18/443547 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [655 days App to Issue] Normal range: (378 to 1338) |
| Pat Class: | H03M [CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using ...] In this class there are; 22240 patents, 969 companies, and 12163 inventors in 157 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Utkarsh Sharma (Los Angeles, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An ADC with non-uniform quantization is disclosed. A SAR ADC includes a comparator configured to generate, during successive clock cycles, respective comparison signals based on an analog input signal and a corresponding offset voltage. The SAR ADC further includes a digital logic circuit configured to store values of the respective comparison signals for corresponding ones of the successive clock cycles and further configured to output a digital value after a specified number of successive clock cycles. An offset control circuit is configured to, for a current one of the successive clock cycles, generate the corresponding value of the offset voltage based on one or more of values of the respective comparison signals from previous clock cycles. Respective offset voltages for successive clock cycles are spaced such that the SAR ADC implements non-uniform quantization values. |
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| #12489475 | Systems and methods to reduce interference in a radio frequency device |
| Applied: | 09/19/2022, #17/947674 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1170 days App to Issue] Normal range: (526 to 1772) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 85958 patents, 3711 companies, and 46879 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FLETCHER YODER PC |
| 1st Invent: | Vijaykrishnan Ramakrishnan (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A transmitter of an electronic device may include one or more intermediate frequency stage circuitries. Processing circuitry may select one or more intermediate frequency stage circuitries of the transmitter that output one or more intermediate frequency signals that cause interference with a signal received by a receiver of the electronic device. The processing circuitry may adjust settings of the one or more intermediate frequency stage circuitries to reduce interference with the signal received by the receiver and store the settings. Subsequently, the processing circuitry may receive an indication of an operational mode of the receiver and apply the settings to the one or more intermediate frequency stage circuitries based on the indication. |
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| #12489510 | Beam failure detection |
| Applied: | 10/22/2020, #17/437889 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1867 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (526 to 1772) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 85958 patents, 3711 companies, and 46879 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Yushu Zhang (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform beam failure detection. The UE may establish communication with a base station. The UE may determine one or more beams to perform downlink communication from the base station. The UE may receive, from the base station, an indication of a first type of downlink reference signals to perform beam failure detection. The UE may perform signal quality measurements for the one or more beams using the first type of downlink reference signals. The UE may determine beam failure of at least one beam of the one or more beams based on said performing signal quality measurements. |
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| #12489815 | Toolbox and context for user interactions |
| Applied: | 09/19/2023, #18/470077 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [805 days App to Issue] Normal range: (512 to 1758) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 207034 patents, 13184 companies, and 233199 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Blank Rome LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Miao Ren (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Facilitating collaboration in a multi-user communication session may include, at a first device, providing a toolkit of system-level tools for interacting within the session with a second device. A first user interaction with a first tool is detected which results in a virtual modification to an environment of the first device. In response to the first user interaction, the virtual modification is provided for presentation in a second environment representation of the session corresponding to the second device. |
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| #12489830 | App-independent resource downloads |
| Applied: | 06/05/2022, #17/805461 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1276 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1852) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 650580 patents, 20783 companies, and 409535 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Blank Rome LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Eric S. Brown (Los Altos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Download of a third-party app includes download, to a local device, an installation package for an application, wherein the installation package comprises a resource request component. In response to installing the application, the resource request component is launched. The resource request component causes the local device to transmit a request to a remote device for additional resources for the application, and download the additional resources to the local device. |
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| #12489874 | Stereoscopic capture using cameras with different fields of view |
| Applied: | 04/24/2024, #18/645357 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [587 days App to Issue] Normal range: (443 to 1803) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 157020 patents, 6642 companies, and 80929 inventors in 237 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 25; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group |
| 1st Invent: | Guy Rapaport (Liman, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device is provided that includes a first camera with a first field of view configured to capture a first image, a second camera with a second field of view configured to capture a second image, and control circuitry configured to output stereoscopic content based on the first and second images. The control circuitry can include image signal processors configured to process the first and second images, additional processors for performing stereo rectification and image stabilization on the first and second images, and a compression block for combining images output from the additional processors. |
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| #12489936 | User interfaces for displaying content recommendations for a group of users |
| Applied: | 05/21/2024, #18/670013 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [560 days App to Issue] Normal range: (443 to 1803) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 157020 patents, 6642 companies, and 80929 inventors in 237 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 33; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Christopher J. Sanders (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some embodiments, an electronic device presents recommended content for a set of users in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The electronic device is associated with a plurality of user accounts, including a first user account, displaying, via a display generation component, a media browsing user interface associated with the first user account. In accordance a determination that the first user account satisfies one or more criteria and in accordance with a determination that a first subset of user accounts of the plurality of user accounts associated with the electronic device has been selected for inclusion in content recommendations, the electronic device is configured to display, in the media browsing user interface, one or more representations of media content recommendations based on one or more characteristics of the first user account and the first subset of user accounts. |
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| #12489961 | Camera integration for portable electronic devices |
| Applied: | 06/20/2024, #18/749451 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [530 days App to Issue] Normal range: (443 to 1803) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 157020 patents, 6642 companies, and 80929 inventors in 237 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Keith J. Hendren (Santa Cruz, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A portable electronic device can have a housing including a wall, the wall at least partially defining an external surface, and the housing defining an aperture disposed opposite the wall. A display assembly can be positioned at the aperture and a retention component can be positioned at least partially in an internal volume defined by the housing. The portable electronic device can also have an optical component that includes an optical component housing defining a camera aperture and a camera module positioned at the camera aperture. The optical component can be configured to be removably retained against the wall by the retention component and to be removably retained against the display assembly by the retention component. |
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| #12490060 | Unified operation for user equipment groups |
| Applied: | 09/09/2022, #17/941523 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1180 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FLETCHER YODER PC |
| 1st Invent: | Dirk Nickisch (Oberpframmern, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=8 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | User equipment in close proximity may transfer data and control information. For example, the user equipment may exchange data or data sets between each other. Each user equipment can receive and transmit data using radio access technologies. A group of user equipments may include active user equipment and passive user equipment. Active user equipment connects with one or more base stations and transfers data on a wireless communication network via the base station. The active user equipment may communicate with other active user equipment and passive user equipment. Passive user equipment may not connect to any base station and/or the wireless communication network and may communicate with other passive user equipment and active user equipment (e.g., via a sidelink, peer-to-peer, or device-to-device channel). |
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| #12490067 | Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle communication |
| Applied: | 05/23/2024, #18/673011 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [558 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Hassnaa Moustafa (Portland, OR) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The subject matter described herein presents various technical solutions for the technical problems facing autonomous vehicles (e.g., fully autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles). To address technical problems facing wireless communication cost and latency, a heterogeneous roadside infrastructure can be used to improve the ability for a vehicle to communicate with a data source. To address technical problems facing interruption of vehicle services due to an abrupt loss of connection, a quality of service system provides the ability to determine and share quality of service information, such as location-based information, maps, interference data, and other quality of service information. To address technical problems facing high volume data upload and download between autonomous vehicles and cloud-based data services, optical wireless communication (OWC) provides increased data throughput and reduced complexity and may be beneficial for short-range high-mobility wireless communications. |
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| #12490074 | Selection of slice-supporting PLMNs while roaming away from home network |
| Applied: | 02/22/2021, #17/181736 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1744 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar (Singapore, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) may receive a list of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) that support a given network slice in a given country, different from a home country of a home PLMN of the UE. When roaming in the given country, UE may access a PLMN of the list if the given network slice is desired. The list may be provided by the home PLMN: while the UE is in the home country; or via a visited PLMN while the UE is in the given country. The list may be received in response to a UE-initiated request, or pushed to the UE by the home PLMN. A validity timer period received with the list may indicate a duration of validity of the list. In an alternative scenario, the UE may receive the list from an entitlement server, e.g., one belonging to a visited PLMN. |
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| #12490106 | Network interface management for citizens broadband radio service |
| Applied: | 06/03/2022, #17/832255 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1278 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Raj S Chaugule (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Apparatuses, systems, and methods for network interface management for Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) deployments, e.g., in LTE and/or 5G NR systems and beyond, including methods for coarse selection of CBRS networks and fine selection of CBRS networks as well as support for multiple CBRS networks. Coarse selection of CBRS networks may include various triggers for automatic CBRS profile enabling and/or disabling, user management and overriding of system selections, tiered hierarchy for CBRS network enabling and/or disabling, as well as mechanisms to avoid ping-ponging between network selection. Fine selection of CBRS networks may include data slot switching between mobile network operators (MNOs, e.g., LTE/NR macro cells) and CBRS eSIM as well as prioritization of CBRS networks over Wi-Fi networks. Multiple CBRS networks support may include CBRS network identifier (NID) matching for unique identification as well as user-ranked CBRS priority. |
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| #12490110 | Methods, systems, and apparatuses for handling dynamic spectrum sharing with uplink subcarrier shift |
| Applied: | 12/07/2023, #18/532678 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [726 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments described herein include methods, systems, and apparatuses for allowing a user equipment (UE) that supports dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) with uplink (UL)-shift to access a cell and barring UEs that do not support DSS with UL-shift. Embodiments may use a cell barring field in a master information block and additional filters to indicate a barring state for a network node. |
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| #12490187 | Discontinuous reception enhancements |
| Applied: | 09/02/2022, #17/902722 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1187 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Mikhail Wilhelm (Munich, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer programs for offloading computing tasks to one or more computers, e.g., that implement an edge server. In one aspect, the method can include actions of transmitting, for a user equipment and to the one or more computers, uplink information via an air interface; determining whether the uplink information has been fully transmitted across the air interface; based on determining that the uplink information has been fully transmitted across the air interface, triggering a sleep mode for the user equipment and starting a first timer; determining that the first timer has expired; and based on determining that the first timer has expired, triggering (i) a user equipment wake-up operation and (ii) maintaining a second timer that indicates when the user equipment should enter the sleep mode if result data, to be generated using the uplink information, has not been received. |
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| #12490257 | Configured grant based uplink transmissions in wireless communication |
| Applied: | 04/08/2020, #17/995432 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [2064 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Hong He (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The exemplary embodiments relate to determining that code block group (CBG) based transmissions are enabled, transmitting, via an unlicensed spectrum, configured grants comprising one or more CBG based transmissions and one or more transport block (TB) based transmissions and receiving a downlink feedback information (DFI) downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the DFI DCI format comprises a hybrid automatic repeating request (HARQ) bitmap corresponding to the TB based transmissions and a HARQ bitmap corresponding to the CBG based transmissions. The exemplary embodiments may be implemented in a computer readable storage medium, a user equipment (UE) or an integrated circuit. |
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| #12490258 | Transmit power control (TPC) for uplink transmissions during a time domain window (TDW) |
| Applied: | 03/21/2023, #18/124449 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [987 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Chunhai Yao (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) is provided to implement a set of transmit power control (TPC) commands during a time domain window (TDW) including multiple physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The UE can receive a configuration from the base station to configure the UE to support a power control mode and a timeline measurement related to a PUSCH transmission. The UE can receive a set of TPC commands during the TDW, determine whether a TPC command of the set of TPC commands satisfies a time constraint based on the timeline measurement, determine an effective TPC command for the set of TPC commands based on one or more TPC commands satisfying the time constraint, determine an effective delay for the effective TPC command based on the timeline measurement, and further apply the effective TPC command to a PUSCH transmission determined based on the effective delay of the effective TPC command. |
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| #12490260 | Retransmission of MsgB in two-step random access procedure |
| Applied: | 05/01/2024, #18/652003 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [580 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Chunhai Yao (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A wireless user equipment (UE) device may transmit a random access preamble to a base station, using a physical resource on an uplink signal. After failing to receive an initial transmission of a response message from the base station (BS), the UE device may monitor for one or more retransmissions of the response message. Each of the retransmission may include a corresponding transmission number. As an alternative, each of the retransmissions may be at least partially scrambled using a corresponding Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). As another alternative, a window for monitoring and RNTI calculation may be extended to include the one or more retransmissions. The successive retransmissions may include the same set of UE-specific payloads, or, a decreasing set of payloads over time as UE devices acknowledge successful receipt of their respective payloads. |
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| #12490280 | User equipment aggregation for downlink communications |
| Applied: | 09/24/2021, #17/802136 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1530 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 16; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for UE aggregation for downlink communications in wireless networks. |
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| #12490306 | Communications within a user equipmentinitiated channel occupancy time |
| Applied: | 05/19/2022, #17/748884 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [1293 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145416 patents, 7135 companies, and 95818 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for sharing a user equipmentinitiated channel occupancy time. |
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| #12490397 | Systems and methods for coupling sections of an electronic device |
| Applied: | 05/23/2024, #18/672983 |
| Issued: | 12/02/2025, [558 days App to Issue] Normal range: (524 to 1458) |
| Pat Class: | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...] In this class there are; 43300 patents, 2966 companies, and 33004 inventors in 223 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 21) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38660 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Nicholas Merz (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | This is directed to systems and methods for coupling sections of an electronic device together. Sections of an electronic device can be coupled together via ''knuckles.'' The particular shape and structure of the knuckles can be based on various design considerations. For example, in some embodiments each section can function as an individual antenna. In this case, the knuckles can be designed in order to provide electrical isolation between the sections, thus allowing proper operation of the antennas. For example, the knuckles can be formed from a dielectric material, etc. As another design example, the knuckles can be designed in order to provide increased strength in areas of high strain, and/or to counteract torsional twisting in areas of high impact. As yet another design example, the knuckle can be designed in a manner that is aesthetically pleasing or which otherwise meets cosmetic requirements. |
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