PatentBrief

Inventor

Stephen G. Wozniak

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1979

Associated with

Years active

1979

Total patents

1

Most recent

1979

Domains

personal-computingapplehardwarevideo-graphicshistory-of-computing

Activity by decade

1970s
1

Patents

1

US 4136359·1979·Apple Computer Inc

The Apple II — The First Personal Computer That Came With Color

Steve Wozniak's 1980 Apple patent describes the Apple II's video display system — specifically the low-cost trick that generated color graphics using a single-chip design when competitors required expensive dedicated hardware.