Apple Believes It Invented Wireless Charging, Patents Idea

[zakislam]

Claims its take on the concept is better than all competitors.

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[tacobravo]

It seems like Apple wants to patent everything and anything it can, even if its not their original idea (like most of them)

 

[xpeh]

Just what we need. Apple with another patent

 

[karthusx]

Apple: Innovator
Well done!

 

[geraldfryjr]

Electric Tooth Brush's where among the First to sport wireless charging !!!!

It is not a knew concept as all !!!

jer

 

[daglesj]

Can we mention the Palm Pre/2 as well.

 

[mousseng]

And Tesla powered street lights wirelessly 119 years earlier. Glad to see the field's taken off so quickly!

 

[heero yuy]

i thought nikola tesla had a long distance energy transer thingy

 

[mrmaia]

Here we go. Patents with Apple are as harmful as powder with fire.

 

[bllue]

This is bad for everyone

 

[house70]

The only thing more pathetic than this is the fact that they'll actually be granted this patent in the US.

Even Zak sounds incredulous in the title.

 

[house70]

[citation][nom]mousseng[/nom]And Tesla powered street lights wirelessly 119 years earlier. Glad to see the field's taken off so quickly![/citation]
It doesn't matter. If Apple was a car manufacturer they would patent the wheel and sue the rest of the world for it.

 

[arnoldlouie]

Yes they should. all apple devices comes with wireless charging since 2010. They should patent it. Like slide to unlock they were the first. Adam and Eve should be sued for eating the fruit that resembles apple's logo. Washington Apple should be named Washington heart shaped fruit to avoid copyright infringement.

 

[bustapr]

watch how the USPO approves the patent. I sure as hell wouldnt want that to happen, but sadly, USPO is the lead in Apple rimming.

 

[heero yuy]

[citation][nom]house70[/nom]It doesn't matter. If Apple was a car manufacturer they would patent the wheel and sue the rest of the world for it.[/citation]
dont give them ideas D:

 

[Guest]

This is the reason why I continue to support open-sourced products. They promote growing off one another's ideas rather than gaining knowledge and selfishly hoarding it; even if the idea isn't the most efficient in design or nature.
The beauty of open-source is that the community gets to shape the product and shape it to what it is supposed to be rather than what a single company or small group of minds THINKS it should be.

 

[geraldfryjr]

Pretty soon they will probably get a patent for having re-invented the modern world !!!!


:/

 

[Northwestern]

Go back to school Apple, and learn who Nicola Telsa was.

 

[tolham]

please deny the patent.

 

[Onus]

Medical devices have done this for decades, such as pacemakers that charge through the skin. This is nothing new.

 

[sonofliberty08]

crApples think it invented have sex...... patent the idea...... all your child are illegal!

 

[upgrade_1977]

Apples mentality, patent everything, sue if you lose.

 

[Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer]

This profoundly needs to stop.

 

[AndrewMD]

It's too bad most on this forum failed reading... Patents are given when 1. the idea or concept is new or 2. has provided new or improved enhancements to existing patents. Since Apple's exploration in Wireless charging began in 2010 with the idea of enhancing a current design, this is the reason they filed the patent.

In any case, Apple, just like any other company has the right to file for patent protection. Just because they are the biggest fish doesn't mean they should slow down or stop working for others to catch up.

If Apple was not around, we would all still have 3.5" floppy drives in our beige box computer because companies like HP, IBM and Acer just want to sell cheap boxes without innovating or just plain updating.

Also, it is quite apparent no one else here holds a patent or has something worth patenting. On the other hand, I hold a couple patents, so protection of my I.P.s are important to me and my company.

 

[superman21]

Why is this "news" today if the patent was filed over 2 years ago?