Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

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WOW! Two significant takeaways:

1) Apple is still using CIP. Why? All patents owned by CIP are the property of both LQMT and Apple. Why is Apple being so generous to LQMT?

2) The patent Gamesc posted shows Apple’s intent to make external parts out of Liquidmetal. By external parts I mean such things as mid-frames and casings. There is no point in adding color to the surface of a BMG part if that part is for a small interior component that is never seen.

From the patent application:

Embodiments herein include, bulk metallic glass (BMG) parts with a protective metal oxide layer (referred to herein as an interference layer) which exhibits a consistent and uniform thickness and color across the entirety of the part's surface, and to the methods and devices for preparing these same parts.