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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cheng Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik A. Uttermann, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin D. Gibbs, Cupertino, CA (US);
Manu Agarwal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin P. Grunthaner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G02F 1/1368 (2013.01); G02F 1/13439 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133302 (2013.01); G02F 2201/121 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to forming an area on a touchscreen which electrically isolates a portion of the viewable area of the touchscreen from a capacitive sensor associated with the touchscreen.