Apple filed the patent in 2008.
Apple solar panel patent.
Yesterday apple received patent no.
Patent and trademark office for powering electronics partially with solar power.
In what was called a shocker by patently apple a blog not surprisingly dedicated to apple s patents apple was granted a patent for a touchscreen that would also serve as a transparent solar charger.
The patent which was originally filed in 2009.
Apple s integrated touchscreen and solar panel patent was first filed for in 2008 and credits michael nathaniel rosenblatt benjamin lyon john benjamin filson steve porter hotelling gordon.
This new technology provides a method for embedding a solar array within a layer that includes touch sensors within a flexible display module.
According to patentlyapple the patents not only cover solar technology being used to extend the battery lives of personal devices but will also see the development of a cool new product a.
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