• Dec 20, 2016
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When Jony Ive introduced Pencil back in 2015 for iPad pro, everybody thought it is just the right answer to Samsung Note devices. Many critics liked the product. A new patent application from apple published this week talks about the use of Pencil on iPhones and wider set of applications. This could send Samsung into tizzy especially after the Note 7 Fiasco. The Apple’s latest published application US20160364091 titled ‘Devices and Methods for Manipulating User Interfaces with a Stylus’, describes how Pencil can be used on iPhones as well as not just restricted to Notes Application now. The use of Pencil is now not restricted to Notes. Few illustrations points to the use of Pencil in iMessages, iMovie etc. This will open a whole new range of convenience for the users especially the iPhone Plus phone series and will be a direct blow to Samsung Note series as they already have been hurt a lot with their hastily launched Note 7 phone just before the fall this year. Citius Minds is a technical consulting firm based out of Chicago. We provide specialized patent analytics and litigation services to patent professionals across the globe. We are highly appreciated and loved by our clients for the following service offerings: | Patent Invalidity Search | Patentability Search | Freedom to Operate Search | Infringement search | Patent Landscape Analysis | Patent Portfolio Analysis | Infringement Contentions | Invalidity Contentions | Prior art search | Rule 11 charts | Source Code review | Pre-litigation analysis | Clearance search | Patent Validity Search |