Patents by Inventor Kevin David Gibbs

Kevin David Gibbs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Exposed glass article with inner recessed area for portable electronic device housing
    Patent number: 9946302
    Abstract: Transparent articles for use as outer surfaces of electronic devices and methods therefor are disclosed. A transparent cover can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. The transparent cover can include material to mark, mask or color a portion of the transparent cover, such portion thereupon becoming opaque. The material can be provided in a recessed portion of an inner surface of the transparent cover, such portion being a portion of the transparent cover that is not over a usable portion of the display. The electronic device can, for example, be a portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Ming Leong, Kristina A. Babiarz, Amy Qian, Kevin David Gibbs, Eugene C. Cheung
  • Exposed Glass Article with Inner Recessed Area for Portable Electronic Device Housing
    Publication number: 20140078412
    Abstract: Transparent articles for use as outer surfaces of electronic devices and methods therefor are disclosed. A transparent cover can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. The transparent cover can include material to mark, mask or color a portion of the transparent cover, such portion thereupon becoming opaque. The material can be provided in a recessed portion of an inner surface of the transparent cover, such portion being a portion of the transparent cover that is not over a usable portion of the display. The electronic device can, for example, be a portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Ming Leong, Kristina A. Babiarz, Amy Qian, Kevin David Gibbs, Eugene C. Cheung
  • Housing for an electronic device
    Patent number: D671947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Sean Stewart Corbin, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Jeremy Contini Franklin, Kevin David Gibbs, Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen McClure, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer
  • Battery
    Patent number: D678184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Banko, Kevin David Gibbs, Richard P. Howarth, Stephen McClure, John P. Ternus
  • Component for a portable display device
    Patent number: D694755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Kevin David Gibbs, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Carl R. Peterson, John Raff, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Housing for an electronic device
    Patent number: D710855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Sean Stewart Corbin, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Jeremy Contini Franklin, Kevin David Gibbs, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen McClure, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugen Anthony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Housing for an electronic device
    Patent number: D718767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Sean Stewart Corbin, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Jeremy Contini Franklin, Kevin David Gibbs, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen McClure, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Battery
    Patent number: D738821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Banko, Kevin David Gibbs, Richard P. Howarth, Stephen McClure, John P. Ternus
  • Housing for an electronic device
    Patent number: D749077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Sean Stewart Corbin, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Jeremy Contini Franklin, Kevin David Gibbs, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen McClure, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Component for a portable display device
    Patent number: D834579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Kevin David Gibbs, Carl R. Peterson, John Raff, Christopher J. Stringer