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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Naoto Matsuyuki, Tokyo, JP;
Dale N. Memering, Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew S. Rogers, Cupertino, CA (US);
Victor Luzzato, Cupertino, CA (US);
Naoki Okahata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a substrate for an electronic device. The substrate has a visually imperceptible surface texture that exhibits different coefficients of friction on various input objects. In some implementations, the texture of the textured substrate is created using a gas etching process.