The iPad's Smart Cover Patent has insightfully come to Light - Patently Apple
Sneaky Apple originally filed their Smart Cover product patent in Canada one year ago this month. It has only recently come to light for public viewing. The credit for the Smart Cover actually goes to Jony Ive
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