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Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by dragonwriter on Friday January 25, 2019 @12:50PM (#19000403)
That was a design patent, not a utility patent; the former are more like trademarks in purpose than they are like utility patents.
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Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by cestith on Friday January 25, 2019 @04:58PM (#19002918)
Indeed, but there's nothing distinct or original about the design elements. All sorts of products including electronics products already contained the obvious and practical elements.
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