Zvine musoro kuti kana kambani yagadzira chinhu chainoda kudzivirira kubva kubiridzira. Sezvo imi mese muchiziva, iyo "nhoo" dzinodzivirira chero pfungwa kana dhizaini ndiwo maratidziro eaya mazano. Patinopa chimwe chinhu patent tinova nechokwadi chekuti hapana anokwanisa kushandisa chimwe chinhu chakafanana neicho chinosanganisirwa patent iri munyika umo patent iri kushanda.
Apple yakwanisa patent mamwe maviri ma icon emazhinji aripo muIOS. Mifananidzo iyo ikozvino yakachengetedzwa kubva mukubiridzira kubva kumashandisirwo maviri atanga tichiona paIOS kwenguva yakareba, kunyangwe iwo mavheti anosanganisira dhizaini dhizaini yakauya kune edu mafoni neIOS 7.
United States Patent neTrademark Hofisi yakapa iyo Yakaruma Apple Kambani a Patent inoita Siri uye App Store mifananidzo chiratidzo cheiyo iOS 7 uye iOS 8. Mifananidzo iyi miviri inobatana nevamwe maikoni ane kodzero munguva yakapfuura, kunyanya muna Chikunguru 2013, mwedzi mushure mekuburitswa zviri pamutemo kweIOS 7.