Patents

Mac Pro — Desktop Electronic Device

Apple · 3 granted patents, 2018–2024

US 9,964,999 · 11,899,509 · 12,050,494

The internal architecture of the cylindrical Mac Pro: a triangular structural heat sink at the core of the cylindrical housing, with the GPU, CPU, I/O, interconnect, and power boards arranged around it.

MacBook Air — Portable Computing Device

Apple · 5 granted patents, 2012–2019

US 8,339,775 · 8,995,115 · 9,829,932 · 10,061,361 · 10,317,955

Top-level enclosure architecture for the unibody MacBook Air — the wedge-shaped top case and the reveal you open the lid from, carried forward on subsequent Apple laptops. Five patents issued from the same 2010 filing.

Facebook Bluetooth Beacon — Industrial Design

Facebook · 2 design patents, 2015–2016

US D742,268 · D747,992

Industrial design of Facebook's Bluetooth beacon hardware.

Bluetooth Beacon Platform

Facebook · 6 granted patents, 2017–2021

Notifications: US 9,729,667 · 10,382,916 · 11,153,728 — Business insights: US 9,692,838 · 10,917,481 — Content customization: US 9,729,643

Systems for delivering place-based notifications, content, and business insights from Bluetooth beacons on a social network.

Portable Platform for Networked Computing

Facebook · 3 granted patents, 2015–2018

US 9,137,723 · 9,674,751 · 10,097,641

A key-fob-sized device that acts as a universal control and network access point for a user's paired devices, switching them to the best available connection.