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Intellectual property
A unified vision for advancing the desktop
OpenWorkspace’s intellectual property includes granted patents and pending applications spanning the platform’s current capabilities and elements of its product roadmap. These filings encompass interaction methods, software architecture, and distinctive graphical user interfaces, along with a physical embodiment of the technology. Trademark protection extends to the names and brand identities associated with OpenWorkspace, its interaction model, and emerging product concepts.
Together, this portfolio supports a deliberate approach to advancing the desktop experience through three strategic objectives:Establishing the Workspace as the desktop’s activity layer,Representing each Workspace as a portable .ows file,And extending the Workspace model through FocalContextual, bringing focus+context to Windows and macOS while preserving each platform’s familiar conventions.
Patents
System-Independent User Interface Framework
Systems and methods for organizing, automating, and managing software environment states.
U.S. patent no. 12,346,707 ↗Granted on: July 1, 2025
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface
Ornamental appearance of a focal contextual graphical user interface on a desktop surface.
U.S. patent no. D1,055,090 ↗Granted on: December 24, 2024
Electronic Device
Ornamental appearance of a display with a central dial located on its lower bezel.
U.S. patent no. D1,042,449 ↗Granted on: September 17, 2024
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Graphical User Interface
Ornamental appearance of a desktop overlayer.
U.S. patent no. D1,074,727 ↗Granted on: May 13, 2025
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface
An embodiment of the focal contextual desktop.
U.S. patent no. D1,076,934 ↗Granted on: May 27, 2025
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface
Ornamental appearance of a focal contextual graphical user interface on a handheld display.
U.S. patent no. D1,071,975 ↗Granted on: April 22, 2025
User Interface Management Based on Related Content
PCT/US2025/051997
Filed: October 24, 2024
System-Independent User Interface Framework (cont.)
US20220197675A1 | WO2022132899A1
Filed: December 17, 2020
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface (cont.)
Filed: December 17, 2020
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Graphical User Interface (cont.)
Filed: December 17, 2020
Last updated December 23, 2025.
Trademarks
Registered
Mark
Type
Registration
MarkOpenWorkspace
TypeWordmark
RegistrationU.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,157,917
MarkWorkDisplay
TypeWordmark
RegistrationU.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,020,295
MarkFocalContextual
TypeWordmark
RegistrationU.S. Trademark Registration No. 8,253,329
MarkOpenWorkspace 'sun' logo
TypeImage/logo
RegistrationU.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,237,945
MarkWorkDisplay 'WD' logo
TypeImage/logo
RegistrationU.S. Trademark Registration No. 6,982,178
MarkWorkspace Exchange logo
TypeImage/logo
RegistrationU.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,874,196
Copyright
All content (not limited to text, images, videos, and designs) published on openworkspace.com is protected under U.S. copyright law as of 2024.
Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of this content is prohibited without express written permission.
'Introducing OpenWorkspace® —Part I: Automating the Desktop'
(Registration No. TX 9-497-992)
'Introducing OpenWorkspace® —Part II: Expanding the Desktop'
(Registration No. TX 9-505-124)
Trade secrets
The products and services provided by Open Workspace, LLC incorporate confidential information protected under relevant trade secret laws, including the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and Defend Trade Secrets Act.
Use of those products and services is subject to an agreement that the user will not seek to reverse engineer or decompile any software, hardware, firmware or other technology programs provided to it by or on behalf of Open Workspace, LLC unless it has obtained prior written consent.
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