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Smartphone Industry and Patents As smartphones are virtually everywhere, many patents have been granted to protect the technologies used to create these devices.

2012, Jul 18: Apple is granted 'the mother of all smartphone patents' by the USPTO, "encompass[ing] the user interfaces Apple designed for blogging, e-mail, telephone, camera, video player, calendar, browser, widgets, search, notes, maps and most importantly, a multi-touch interface".

In 1992, IBM announced the very first smartphone. It released the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC) for purchase in 1994. The SPC was the first touchscreen phone. Additionally, it had the ability to send and receive both emails and faxes.

IFI Claims' 2021 Global 250 rankings reveal the world's largest patent holders by looking at all of the patents currently held by companies. In these rankings, Apple takes 37th place, with 20,491 active patents. Samsung is currently the world leader for active patents, with 90,416 in total.

The court ruled that Samsung violated one of Apple's utility patents, over the so-called "bounce-back" effect in IOS and that Apple was in violation of two of Samsung's wireless patents. Apple's claims that Samsung copied the designs of the iPhone and iPad were deemed invalid.

In 2011, Apple brought suit against Samsung, claiming that Samsung's smartphones copied various patented design features of the iPhone, such as the iPhone's black rectangular front face with rounded corners and its grid of sixteen colorful icons on a black screen. Eventually, the jury found in Apple's favor.

Apple (1739 patents) Apple's patents are mostly on design, software, UI, and mobile applications for their smartphones. One of the main areas of their research is security.