Apple iPhone 3GS industrial design patent secured by Apple
Apr 13, 2010 accessories, carriers, internet, latest
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A draw of things can be patented these years, including industrial designs. And, when it comes to industrial design, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) tends to lead the face pack with slip, emotive products that just beg to be bought. To protect them from organism copied willy-nilly, Apple sought to protect their designing ideas by filing for patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office in mid-2009. Those patent requests have been granted by the USPTO today, award the Cupertino-based iPhone manufacturer with a set of industrial design patents for the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch. From this moment onward, the iPhone’s iconic design will be protected under US practice of law.
The iPhone 3GS debuted with great flourish. At the meter, there was no other smartphone that could clutch a candle to the 3GS. infernal region, even the original iPhone was a drumhead-food turner in its mean solar day, and the 3GS is light years sexier. The same goes for the similar look iPod Touch. The USPTO granted Apple patent D613,736 to covering fire the iPhone 3GS , and patent D613,735 for the iPod Touch.
Both those devices’ designs ar attributed to Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs and industrial designer extraordinaire Jonathan Ive as inventors.
But, no matter how many patents Apple manages to convince the US government activity to grant them, it won’t stop those Chinese rent-off factories from cloning the iPhone to no end. Not that it matters, what with the topper of the clones looking like this.
[Via: PatentlyApple]
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