Apple Wins Patent for the First iPhone, Designed by Jobs & Ive

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for the design of the first-generation iPhone, released in 2007, and created in part by Steve Jobs and Jony Ive.

Apple on Tuesday was awarded U.S. Patent No. D672769, entitled "Electronic Device". Illustrations accompanying the design patent show Apple's first-generation iPhone, which was introduced with much fanfare by Jobs, then the company's CEO, in 2007 and went on sale in June of that same year.

The first iPhone featured a two-tone back that was mostly made of aluminum—a design element that the company would return to this year with the release of the iPhone 5 with a predominantly metal back. Apple's interim devices opted for different materials: The iPhone 3G and 3GS had plastic backs, while the iPhone 4 and 4S backs were made of glass. The basic design of the first iPhone remains very similar to this day.

Source: Apple Insider

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