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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:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard Walter Heley, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Erming Luo, Cupertino, CA (US);

Adam Mittleman, San Fancisco, CA (US);

John Payne, San Jose, CA (US);

Tang Yew Tan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Erik Wang, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/26 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 13/00 (2013.01); G03F 7/20 (2013.01); G03F 7/2014 (2013.01); G03F 7/202 (2013.01); G03F 7/2016 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2462 (2015.01);
Abstract

Techniques or processes for providing markings on products are disclosed. The markings provided on products can be textual and/or graphic. The techniques or processes can provide high resolution markings on surfaces that are flat or curved. In one embodiment, the products have housings and the markings are to be provided on the housings. For example, the housing for a particular product can include an outer housing surface and the markings can be provided on the outer housing surface.


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