# Rico Zörkendörfer — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Rico Zörkendörfer has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [The Design Patent for the Original iPod Mini](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/D504889/ipod-click-wheel-design) — granted 2005
  This is a design patent protecting the specific physical appearance and shape of Apple's iPod Mini, which helped define the look of portable music players in the mid-2000s.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/rico-zrkendrfer

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