IPNews® – A new patent granted to Google will allow the company to implement hand gesture picture-taking technology in its forthcoming Google Glass device
Google’s latest patent gives us a glimpse of potential new technology to be included in its Google Glass wearable computer, which is rumored to debut sometime next year. The patent claims
IPNews® – The European Patent Office this week struck down a Patent related to Nespresso coffee machines.
Nestle-owned Nespresso suffered the major blow as the European Patent Office invalidated a patent that it granted two years ago. The revocation of the patent, which covered the way the Nespresso devices handle its custom made coffee pods
IPNews® – Google filed a patent application this week seeking protection over a new app that would help solve the problem of splitting checks among groups.
In an attempt to solve one of life’s annoyances, Google has filed a patent for a method of splitting restaurant and bar checks among friends. The new patent claims
IPNews® – Tesla Motors has filed a patent application for a backup battery for an electric car.
Tesla recently filed for patent protection of a metal-air battery for use in its successful line of electric cars. The new technology, if implemented, would work in conjunction with the cars’ traditional lithium-ion batteries and would provide a
IPNews® – Facebook has augmented a new patent that allows for user-filtered searching in real time.
The world’s leading social networking site is making a new effort to pull ahead by optimizing its searching capability. Adding to an already filed patent, Facebook describes plans for a new type of search that will allow the company
IPNews® – The legal drama between Google and Apple continues as the two mega retailers are back in court over alleged copied software used in phones.
Three years ago, Google-owned Motorola Mobility and Apple commenced a series of lawsuits against one another over technology that each used in its mobile phones. With each side claiming
IPNews® – Apple revealed the new iPhone 5s today, the device that carries the fingerprint scanning technology described in a new patent.
In 2012, Apple filed a patent for fingerprint reading technology, which went largely unfound until just days before the September 10 reveal of the iPhone 5s. Sure enough, as we saw from Apple’s
IPNews® – Apple last week scored a major win with parents by obtaining patent protection over technology that could help them limit their kids’ access to their iPads and iPhones.
Apple’s newly granted patent claims exclusivity over technology that allows device owners to implement controls that limit access to the device depending on who is
IPNews® – Apple, Inc. has gained patent protection over a cool new 3D technology that would add to the way that millions of Apple customers interact with their iPads and iPhones.
Apple’s newest patent is poised to significantly change its user experience by allowing customers to “pull” 3D objects from their touch screen devices. While
IPNews® – With its recently approved patent, Google has introduced the world to its plans for revolutionizing the advertising industry.
This new patent, if implemented, would be used on Google’s Glass device, a set of high tech eyeglasses with cameras to record what the user is viewing. This patent for a “gaze tracking device” would