A graphical user interface (GUI) allows users to interact with graphics appearing on electronic devices (eg, smartphones, tablets and netbooks). Typically, a user interacts with a GUI by pressing ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Different design approaches, techniques, and architectures are widely used for synchronous sequential machines. In ...

Ever-increasing numbers of technologies are converging into the simplest of devices, technologies that expand these devices beyond their main function. A good example is Apple’s iPhone, which combines ...

Proteins function through interactions with other proteins or peptides, a complex process that is still not fully understood. Current research focuses on how amino acid residues interact in ...

Finding ways for embedded systems design engineers to reduce their time to market is a constant theme for silicon providers. There are many different approaches to reducing development time, including ...

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are so difficult to understand, only a few very smart computer scientists know how to build them. But the designers of a new tool have a big ambition: to ...

Apple was today granted a patent on the way it displays apps on the Apple Watch. It’s one of the briefest patent descriptions around, merely pointing to the associated illustration. The ornamental ...

In 'Road signs for physicians,' I've told you six weeks ago that French researchers had developed a new iconic drug information system named VCM, short for 'Visualization of Medical Knowledge.' Now, ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has increased flexibility in how ornamental designs for computer-generated interfaces or icons, e.g., GUI designs, are presented in design patent ...

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new guidance[1] (the “Guidance”) that updates prior USPTO practice guidelines for the examination of design patent ...