Recent Patents Show Apple Serious About Fuel Cells for Portables

Seasoned Apple watchers have long been aware that the company often files patents from out of left field for off-the-wall ideas, perhaps to mislead competitors or even have some fun with gullible reporters. But when the company files a clutch of patents on a new line of development, credited to the same several inventors, it's a safe bet that Apple may well be hoping to commercialize the idea.

A bunch of recent filings we found in a search clearly point to the upcoming use of fuel cells to power Apple’s portables. In two patents filed in April 2010 (US 2011/0256465 and US 2011/0256463), inventors Vijay Iyer, Jean Lee, Gregory Tice, Bradley Spare and Steven Michalske explain why designers have hitherto been wary of using fuel cells in consumer ... Log in to view full article.

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