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Apple has been working on an entry HMD system since at least 2010, well ahead of any competitor. In June, Apple was granted a patent for a simple entry HMD-Styled iPhone case. Today, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that's an update to this patent that focuses on new patent claims exclusively aimed at this one HMD-Styled accessory for iPhone. More specifically, Apple focuses on an authentication process to activate the headset accessory.

While Apple files dozens of continuation patents per month, we rarely cover them unless the inventions continue to hold some potential. Two of those were published last week by the US Patent & Trademark Office. One covers the possibility of Apple introducing glass housings for future devices such as an iMac, iPhone, iPad, a TV, monitor and more. The second patent covers an under display optical Fingerprint detection system.

Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published an extension to an Apple patent that relates to a possible future iMac that includes projectors on the rear wall or other portions of the device that may project images onto nearby surfaces.

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office surprisingly published a patent application from Apple that extends their original patent relating to their vision of a future 3D version of macOS titled "Visual Object Receptacle."

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to eliminating the iPhone's notch and repositioning the TrueDepth camera system behind the iPhone's display. This is a future iPhone feature that most Apple fans can't wait to see unfold. A recent fan on Twitter wrote to me saying: "I've always dreamed of an iPhone with an edge - to - edge screen without the notch! I really hope that by 2027 this will happen!" Well, today an Apple patent goes to demonstrate that Apple's engineers are continuing to work on this feature that we all want to...