Apple getting serious about MacBook Pro with integrated graphics tablet and iPhone charger

Apple does apply for countless patents every year, and a very great number get granted. Often it just means that Apple is exploring an idea and does not mean that there will ever be a product.

That's still the case with the "Device having integrated interface system," which was granted in June 2022 but Apple has now applied again for a patent. There's no immediately obvious difference since the granted version, but companies can re-apply for many reasons, including correcting errors, however small they may be.

Then in this case, it isn't just that Apple has once more reapplied for a patent it already has, it's that this particular one has history. It's got form.


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