Today Samsung was granted a design patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a "Keyboard Dock" that's meant to work with one of Samsung's Galaxy Tablets. With Microsoft holding a special Windows 10 event tomorrow, we may hear that hybrid notebook-tablet devices will be able to run one operating system yet offer two specific user interfaces. The traditional Windows desktop could run while a tablet is in hybrid mode and then shift to their mobile Metro-UI when in tablet mode. Such versatility would add some punch to Samsung's marketing line of: "Runs like a PC. Travels like a tablet." Although Samsung's newly granted keyboard dock design is a little awkward at first glance, it could be the right tool for specific casual and business users who need hybrid functionality.
Unlike "patent applications," design patents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office don't reveal pertinent information about a particular design. We can look at the design and appreciate it for what it projects, but we'll never discover which materials may be used to construct the design. We'll never know what unique internal components may be hidden within the device or learn about any unique features that we could look forward to. All we get is the simple visual of what could be coming down the pipeline.
Today's design patent is a classic in that we're totally in the dark in respect to specifications of the dock and any special features it may be able to offer users. All we have are the design patent figures as noted below.
Samsung granted patent shows that the original filing of this design patent was applied for in late July 2013 and published today by USPTO.
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