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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hoon Sik Kim, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Chang-Chia Huang, San Jose, CA (US);

Christopher D. Jones, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Masato Kuwabara, Tsukuba, JP;

Nikhil D. Kalyankar, Fremont, CA (US);

Terry C. Shyu, San Jose, CA (US);

Yasmin F. Afsar, San Jose, CA (US);

Paul S. Drzaic, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); B32B 17/06 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 17/067 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); B32B 2457/208 (2013.01);
Abstract

Protective cover layers for electronic devices are described. In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display panel and a protective cover layer over the display panel. The protective cover layer includes a transparent support substrate and a hardcoat layer covering an exterior facing surface of the transparent support substrate. The display panel may be a flexible display panel and the protective cover layer may flex with the flexible display panel.


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