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Patents show Samsung’s tri-fold has three batteries

Patents show Samsung’s tri-fold has three batteries

Samsung will launch its first tri-fold smartphone this year, but the brand hasn’t revealed its launch date yet. And while we await more information from Samsung about this smartphone, rumored to be called the Galaxy Z TriFold, a patent document published by KIPRIS revealed the tri-fold will pack three batteries. Since this is a tri-folding smartphone, it has three segments, …

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Galaxy Z TriFold takes shape in patents: Three batteries, massive display

Galaxy Z TriFold takes shape in patents: Three batteries, massive display

A patent application published by KIPRIS a week ago reveals what might be the final design of Samsung’s upcoming tri-folding phone, the so-called Galaxy Z TriFold. It bears a strong resemblance to an expanded Galaxy Z Fold 7, but it’s clearly a vastly different device with a unique internal structure. Detailed sketches discovered by our colleagues at GalaxyClub reveal that …

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Nintendo vs. modders: Could patents endanger creative scene?

Nintendo vs. modders: Could patents endanger creative scene?

Nintendo’s ongoing legal battle with Palworld developer Pocketpair has taken a surprising new turn in Japan. According to this latest Gamesfray report, fresh filings at the Tokyo District Court reveal that Nintendo has modified one of the patents at the heart of the case. Asking the courts not to treat mods as “prior art”, a move experts are calling both …

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Nintendo patents summoning mechanic in the U.S.

Nintendo patents summoning mechanic in the U.S.

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have been issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) covering the mechanic of summoning a character to battle an enemy by throwing a ball.  As clocked by GamesFray, the USPTO issued the patent (No. 12,403,397) on September 2,2025, without any objection. Nintendo filed the patent application in March 2023.  Nintendo …

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Apple Patents Next-Generation Taptic Engine

Apple Patents Next-Generation Taptic Engine

Apple has been granted a patent for a shock-resistant haptic engine design that aims to significantly improve the durability of future iPhones, Apple Watches, and other devices. The iPhone 14 Pro’s Taptic Engine (via iFixit). The patent is titled “Electronic device having a shock-resistant haptic engine” and was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this week (via …

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Trump Administration To Investigate Harvard’s Patents | News

Trump Administration To Investigate Harvard’s Patents | News

Updated August 9, 2025, at 8:58 p.m. The Trump administration on Friday launched an investigation into Harvard’s patents derived from federally funded research, threatening intellectual property potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars and once again escalating a monthslong standoff between the University and the White House. In a two-page letter to Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 — which …

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Trump news at a glance: Lutnick threatens Harvard patents; former Fox commentator bound for UN | Trump administration

Trump news at a glance: Lutnick threatens Harvard patents; former Fox commentator bound for UN | Trump administration

The Trump administrations has threatened Harvard’s lucrative portfolio of patents amid its long-running dispute with the university, accusing it of breaching legal and contractual requirements tied to federally funded research. In a letter, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick demanded that Harvard provide within four weeks a list of all patents stemming from federally funded research grants, including how the patents are …

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Trump administration threatens to take Harvard’s patents

Trump administration threatens to take Harvard’s patents

The federal government told Harvard University on Friday it could take control of the school’s patents stemming from federally funded research — the latest in a months-long feud between the Trump administration and the Ivy League college. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is launching an “immediate comprehensive review” of whether Harvard has complied with federal laws around patents, he said in …

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Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents – The Wall Street Journal

Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents  The Wall Street Journal Trump administration threatens to take Harvard’s patents  CBS News Trump Administration Threatens to Seize Valuable Harvard Patents  Bloomberg.com Trump administration targets Harvard’s patents  CNN Trump administration targets Harvard patents, says it is launching review of university’s intellectual property  The Boston Globe Source link

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