Apple Wins Patents For iPhone 4’s Classy Design, MagSafe & More

PatentlyApple is reporting that Apple has been awarded six design patents today by the US Patent and Trademark Office, including iPhone 4’s classy design, the original iPhone 4 bumper, MagSafe, the iPad’s bottom metal housing and its magnetically hinged cover.

6a0120a5580826970c017c3443a720970b 800wi

Among today’s 6 design patents, the most important win for Apple is of course the iPhone 4’s design:

Apple has been granted a series of 6 design patents this morning by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The most important may very well be the one for the iPhone 4’s design as noted below. Whether or not Apple is able to apply this design patent to any pending infringement cases is unknown at this time.

Apple has been granted the following design patents: the iPhone 4 (D671,937), the iPad cover (D671,948), the metal iPad housing (D671,947), MagSafe (D671,898), and the iPhone 4 Bumper (D671,930).

6a0120a5580826970c017c34440b19970b 800wi6a0120a5580826970c017c34439330970b 800wi

P.S. - Like our news? Support the site with a coffee/beer. Or shop with our Amazon link. We use affiliate links when possible--thank you for supporting independent media.