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Finding the actual patent it refers to was surprisingly hard so I spare you the trouble: [1][2] Note that an industrial design is also registered[3] but it doe
by noname120 7y ago
Finding the actual patent it refers to was surprisingly hard so I spare you the trouble: [1][2]
Note that an industrial design is also registered[3] but it doesn't look as useful for understanding how it works.
[1] https://patents.google.com/patent/US10054990B1/en?oq=10054990 https://patents.google.com/patent/US10054990B1/en?oq=1005499...
[2] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10054990.PN.&OS=PN/10054990&RS=PN/10054990 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H...
[3] https://www3.wipo.int/designdb/en/showData.jsp?qi=8-m9YGJqGIoRySr7N2nK8KBO4Q2TbUrvZCn5hYDaWfEyI=&SOURCE=EMID&LANG=en&XML=86/05/005908605-0002.xml.gz&KEY=005908605-0002&NO=1&TOT=3416 https://www3.wipo.int/designdb/en/showData.jsp?qi=8-m9YGJqGI...
- mtreis86 7y agoThis is the image from that patent that shows how it works https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/b9/86/bc/ce509ae68f275f/US10054990-20180821-D00009.png https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/b9/86/bc/ce509ae...
- k__ 7y agoDoesn't this lead to a dent in the middle of the display?
- jessriedel 7y agoYou mean like a smooth depression, right? No, I think the screen pulls taught when you open it.
- k__ 7y agoAh, good point. Thanks.
- zamadatix 7y agoIronic that this is the first image the article shows when describing the folding yet the comment thread was started to save people time from looking around.
- Atheb 7y agoKinda shows how many people don't click on the article itself
- phkahler 7y agoWhat does it mean to register a design? Is this some kind of attempt the expand the notion of "IP" beyond copyright, patents, and trademarks?
- CountSessine 7y agoI’m not sure but is it referring to registering a design patent? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent
- monocasa 7y agoDesign patents have been a thing for eons. They're a lot harder to enforce than the usual utility patents. Remember the Samsung/Apple patent cases? That patent over rounded corners on a tablet was a design patent.