Articles on Patent Application

Newly revealed patent brings Apple tablet closer to reality - Oct 5, 2009

Crave The sharp-eyed bloggers at AppleInsider have noted a newly revealed patent application related to multitouch surfaces--leading to further speculation about Apple's purported tablet PC project. As per usual, the application ... Read story »

Canon's touchscreen dSLR on the way? - Dec 7, 2009

Crave Touchscreen point-and-shoots have been around for a while and it shouldn't be long before we see such a feature on dSLRs. The United States Patent and Trademark office released Canon's ... Read story »

Apple patent shows tamper-resistant label - Dec 11, 2009

Crave A new patent application from Apple dug up by AppleInsider reveals ways in which the company's products could be fitted with a simple label or tag that provides evidence of ... Read story »

Apple patent hints at new ways to diagnose iPhone/iPod problems - Aug 7, 2009

Crave One of the iPhone 3G's current moisture sensors can be found on the bottom of the device. A patent application filed by Apple and published Thursday hints at new ways ... Read story »

RIM patent application details hybrid touchscreen - Aug 11, 2009

Crave BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has applied for a patent on a hybrid resistive-capacitive touchscreen. The company's patent application, published at the end of July, describes a fusion between the two ... Read story »

Sony goes berserk with its future gaming controller - Dec 8, 2009

Crave If you find many of Wii remote's attachments such as fishing rods and tennis rackets unconventional, wait till you check out what Sony Computer Entertainment has filed for its latest ... Read story »

HTC patents stylus for capacitive screens - Aug 14, 2009

Crave An image from HTC's patent application. Just a few days ago, we read about BlackBerry's patent on a hybrid resistive capacitive touchscreen. This would give you the best of both ... Read story »

Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID - Jul 6, 2009

Crave Three patent applications by Apple were published last Thursday, and they cover technologies including haptics, fingerprint recognition, and RFID. The haptic feedback patent, if approved, would bring the iPhone (and possibly ... Read story »

Sony patents new motion-sensing tech - Oct 31, 2008

Features A USPTO filing reveals a break-apart controller that incorporates ultrasonic sound capture to improve the console's ability to judge distance and movement. Read story »

Apple applies for touchscreen Mac patent - Aug 29, 2008

Crave Rumors of Apple working on a touchscreen Mac have been circulating for years, and will only grow with the revelation that the company is hoping to patent similar technology. Apple appears ... Read story »

Apple patent could improve iPhone alerts - Sep 22, 2008

Crave Apple may be planning to add a little more information to the unlocked home screen of an iPhone. Several examples of how Apple may be planning to add notifications to the ... Read story »

Apple's headset MP3 player patent - Oct 30, 2009

Crave An Apple patent design shows what would happen if its iPod Shuffle and Bluetooth headset mated. In a future where we're all walking around wondering how our iPod brain implants came ... Read story »

Makeover for Apple's Mighty Mouse? - Dec 22, 2008

Crave Is it time for Apple's Mighty Mouse to get a tune-up? That's the question many people on the Internet are asking as MacBlogz has published images of what it expects Apple ... Read story »

A robot companion for the Sony PS3? - Mar 26, 2009

Crave Goodbye Aibo, hello Sony PS3 robot. It looks like Sony's finding it harder to let go of its robodog then it reckoned. The Japanese company has apparently dug up this old ... Read story »

Microsoft outlines pay-per-use PC vision - Jan 1, 2009

Crave Microsoft has applied for a patent on metered, pay-as-you-go computing. US patent application number 20080319910, published on Christmas Day, details Microsoft's vision of a situation where a "standard model" of PC ... Read story »

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