The USPTO has officially revealed a series of nine newly Issued Apple Patents today. The notables include one relating to a “Force and location sensitive display” technology used in Apple’s touch displays. The technology could also be used by third party kiosk applications using CRTs. Secondly, it should be duly noted that Apple has won 4 industrial design wins for their MacBook Pro, iPod Shuffle, iPod earphones and the iPod Radio Remote. Yet for the big surprise of the day, check out our other report on Apple’s very cool sporting related patent.

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