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. 
																	7 868 582 from the u s.