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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:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bartley K. Andre, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, CA (US);

Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);

Daniele de Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);

Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shin Nishibori, Honolulu, HI (US);

Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);

Douglas B. Satzger, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Calvin Q. Seid, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);

Eugene Anthony Whang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rico Zorkendorfer, Jackson, WY (US);

David Morgenstern, Los Altos, CA (US);

Paul C. L. Chow, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G09F 13/04 (2006.01); G09F 13/06 (2006.01); G09F 13/08 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); F21W 111/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 23/003 (2013.01); F21V 33/0052 (2013.01); F21V 33/0056 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1635 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); G09F 9/30 (2013.01); G09F 13/04 (2013.01); G09F 13/06 (2013.01); G09F 13/08 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); F21W 2111/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01);
Abstract

An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. Substantially invisible, tapered, light-transmissive holes are penetrated in a light transmissive pattern through at least a portion of the light resistant material using a laser beam having a focal width less than the smallest diameter of the tapered holes.


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