patents
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New Patent Hints That Apple Could Get Rid Of Physical Keyboards Entirely
If you’re a holdout who refuses to upgrade to a post-2015 MacBook because of Apple’s revamped keyboard and its shallow butterfly switches, it seems as though your prospects for a better experience in the future just got a little bleaker.
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Could The Whole CRISPR Patent Kerfuffle Have Been Completely Avoided?
For the better part of the last three years, the introduction of the most powerful gene editing technology ever invented has been marred by a nasty patent battle. The two groups of scientists involved, each contributing significantly to the future of genetic engineering, are pitted against each other in a bitter contest for glory and…
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Apple’s Latest Patent Is For A Notebook Chassis Powered By Your iPhone Or iPad
Apple’s automatic shotgun approach to patent filing means we get all sorts of weird and wonderful insights into the imaginations of the company’s designers, who have come up with everything from “sick vapes” to phones made entirely from glass. The most recent patent appears to err on the more conventional side of design, proffering a…
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New Apple Patent Shows How That Edge-To-Edge Display Could Work
On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple a patent that gives credence to those rumours of an edge-to-edge OLED iPhone. For years, users have longed for a phone that’s totally made up of a screen — no bezel needed — and this looks like one way it could happen.