The latest press releases report that Apple has received a number of patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.These patents include:
- iChat, regarding your videoconferences.
- A stereo window system with a translucent window compared to Quartz Extreme.
- A news viewer.
- A portable power source.
- Two patents related to MacBook Air.
- A patent on the iPhone's compass icon design.
As with all patents, these designs may not appear on current products (except for the iPhone compass icon, of course). On the other hand, we can see evidence of some of them today in the Keynote announcements "Back to the Mac", especially if the MacBook Air is updated.
Source: tuaw.com