IP & Patents
Two June 2026 grants — one Samsung, one Google — show the foldable race has moved from the hinge to the screen surface itself. The distinction between granted and published matters.
IP & Patents
A June 2026 Samsung grant on an electronic device with a flexible display reads on the foldable phones it ships. Here's the independent claim in plain English.
IP & Patents
Apple's spatial-computing patents cluster tightly in the gaze-tracking CPC class. Three June 2026 grants show the portfolio strategy isn't optics — it's the eye.
IP & Patents
Smart-home interop is a patent story before it's a product story. A June 2026 Google grant claims a way to make pre-Matter devices speak the new standard.
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A June 2026 Apple grant on a head-mountable display sits squarely over the spatial-computing product line. The independent claim is shorter than you'd expect.
IP & Patents
The trick that makes a headset's display feel sharp without melting its battery has a precise claim. A June 2026 Apple grant spells out the load-bearing limitation.
IP & Patents
Eye tracking is the contested center of the headset patent map. Filings from Apple, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm show where the cluster is densest — and where it isn't.
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Letting a screen tell a stylus from a finger — and track both at once — is harder than it looks. A June 2026 grant claims the combined pen-and-touch sensing path.
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The Masimo/Apple saga showed an import ban can pull a sensor off a flagship watch. Granted wrist-sensor claims from Samsung are exactly the kind of asset that starts one.
IP & Patents
Head-tracked spatial audio in your earbuds rests on metadata-driven binaural rendering. Dolby's granted patent describes the version that became the licensing backbone.
IP & Patents
The optical sensor hidden beneath your phone screen has a foundational claim. Goodix's granted patent walks the collimator-and-sensor stack that made it work.
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Wrist-based blood pressure is a patent battleground. Two early-2026 Samsung grants show the company holds issued claims — not just applications — on the estimation method.