Rockin’ (Design) Patent – Teenage Engineering AB’s “Synthesizer”

April 29, 2022

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D738,348
Filed: 21 October 2014
In the name of: Teenage Engineering AB
Title: Synthesizer
What’s claimed: “The ornamental design for a synthesizer, as shown and described.”
Why this design patent rocks: This design patent appears to relate to Teenage Engineering AB’s ‘Pocket Operator’, a miniature programmable synthesiser and sequencer with built in sounds and effects. With no outer case, it consists of a single multiple-layer circuit board using components placed under the LCD display. Teenage Engineering AB claims that these are ‘small, ultra-portable music devices, with studio quality sound’. If you’re curious for more information and to hear the Pocket Operator in action, see here.

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