Apple gets design patent for rounded rectangles

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US Patent D509,899 (used in Apple vs. Samsung) has been called a "patent on rounded rectangles" by people that dislikes Apple's recent lawsuits. This was, of course, not completely correct. The USPTO has fixed this deficiency on 6 November. US Patent D670,286 is indeed for a rectangular tablet with rounded corners and a black bezel.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/11/apple-awarded-design-patent-for-actual-rounded-rectangle/

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...ND&d=PTXT&s1=D670,286&OS=D670,286&RS=D670,286

In order to see the images on the USPTO site you will have to install Quicktime first.
 
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