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(43) Date of publication: 06.08.2014 Bulletin 2014/32 (21) Application number: 11771328.9 (22) Date of filing: 30.09.2011

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B22D 17/14(2006.01) B22D 17/28(2006.01) B22D 17/20(2006.01) B22D 17/04(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2011/054153 (87) International publication number: WO 2013/048429 (04.04.2013 Gazette 2013/14)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR (71) Applicants: Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 (US) Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA 95014 (US)	(72) Inventors: KANG, John Coto de Caza, California 92679 (US) O'KEEFFE, Sean Timothy Coto de Caza, California 92679 (US) PHAM, Quoc Tran Anaheim, California 92804 (US) DEMING, Michael Blaine Cupertino, California 95014 (US) WANIUK, Theodore Andrew Cupertino, California 95014 (US) (74) Representative: Elsy, David  Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU London SE1 2AU (GB)