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What is Apple contributing? Alphabet has the patent on magnet alignment: US7026789B2.

• brookst 4y ago
  You can’t patent an idea like “magnetic alignment”, only specific implementations. There are many possibly implementations. Apple has many patents in this space, for instance US 10804748.
  • meragrin_ 4y ago
    > You can’t patent an idea like “magnetic alignment”, only specific implementations. Well, I'm frankly surprised you can patent it at all, but you can cover many possible implementations in a single patent. > Apple has many patents in this space, for instance US 10804748. That's pretty much worthless as far as magnetic alignment. That patent is specifically geared towards foreign object detection.
    • brookst 4y ago
      Point being, there are probably tens, if not hundreds, of patents for magnetic alignment of wireless chargers. You asserted there is one and only one all over this thread, and that’s not how patents work. Only the specific implementation, to some level of detail, is covered. Apple had about 40 patents in this space, Samsung has a bunch, etc.