After Apple acquired the patent for the Slide to Unlock feature for all iPhone phones, Google has also been officially awarded last week the patent for the Android pattern unlock feature. Pattern ...

A flying machine from the 1860s drawn with shading, colors and detail not seen in today's patent illustrations. Photo: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office The illustration that accompanies a patent ...

Samsung has filed a patent for a new feature that will allow a device to be unlocked by drawing on the screen a figure with at least one intersection point. According to patent application ...

There are many key characteristics that the untrained eye would use to differentiate an Android device from an iOS handset. One of those things would be Google’s pattern unlock feature shown above ...

When it comes to patents, many companies often attempt to patent some strange things that will never see the light of day. But often times, those elborate patents cover some basic things that do ...

Levi Strauss & Co. has filed a patent for a system that uses software and lasers to create desired wear patterns on apparel. The technique involves determining a fabric’s response to a laser, ...