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| | Think Secret - Apple Patent Watch: March/April 2005 |
 | | Patent 6,868,117 is a more atypical patent for Apple, covering a "splitter and microfilter dongle for a single RJ11 DSL/analog combo modem." The patent, filed February 26, 2001 and awarded March 15, 2005, seems to cover technology that never made it outside of Apple's labs. |
 | | Patent 6,879,181, awarded April 12, 2005, is described as "methods and apparatuses for signal line termination with minimum current flowing through a termination node." The substantially technical patent was filed August 21, 2003 and lists William Cornelius as its inventor. |
 | | Design patent D504,441, awarded April 26, 2005, covers "the ornamental design for an icon for a portion of a display screen such as an electronic display or a computer screen, as shown and described." The patent appears to pertain to Apple's Logic software. |
| www.thinksecret.com /news/patents05may.html (1902 words) |
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