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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:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2025
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Baptiste C. Uzel, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin Durfee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert D. Watson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Timothy S. Paek, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Wasifa Jamal, San Diego, CA (US);
Soham Banerjee, San Jose, CA (US);
Vaishnavi Dhulkhed, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04162 (2019.05); G06F 1/24 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for detection of a user input with an electronic device, in which the input is received on or using a case for an electronic device. In one or more implementations, the case may be free of user input components such as buttons, switches, or touch sensors.