Although Steve Jobs was known to the world as an innovator and not as an inventor, there are hundreds of patents and trademarks registered in his name, and 300 of them are exposed in an exhibition organized by the famous Smithsonian museum. The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World it's called the exhibition, and in it Americans can see the patents and brands that were the basis of the products that Steve Jobs worked on and that we use with so much pleasure today.
Some are simple icons — the iPhone's map icon, the air balloon for Messages. Some are objects so familiar they have become icons in their own right. The original Mac. That silly, circular mouse. The flying-saucer shaped AirPort base station. The Apple Store's glass staircase. The first patent, filed on Nov. 3, 1980 and illustrated with the case of the Apple II, is described simply as "Personal Computer." The last patent, filed on Oct. 4, 2011, the day before Jobs died, is for "User Interface for Providing Consolidation and Access."
After the problems with Bill Gates and Microsoft, Steve Jobs decided to patent any new technology implemented in his products, so even the patents for certain iOS icons are exposed there, so Jobs thought of absolutely everything. If you live in the USA, the Smithsonian area, then maybe it would be good to visit the exhibition organized there.
