LEGAL

Last updated October 22, 2025.

Intellectual Property

TAPcentric, Inc. and Open Workspace, LLC own a growing portfolio of intellectual property covering the technologies developed for the OpenWorkspace® platform. This portfolio includes granted patents, pending patent applications filed globally, registered trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. These rights protect the technical, functional, and brand elements of our products.

Our patented and patent-pending work spans graphical user interfaces, software systems, methods and processes, and associated peripheral devices. Each technology contributes to the underlying architecture of the OpenWorkspace® platform and supports the unified interaction model it enables.

For clarity and transparency, we provide below an overview of the intellectual property safeguarding our technology. These materials are offered for reference and reflect the scope of protection applied to the OpenWorkspace® ecosystem as it continues to evolve.

Patents

- Granted Patents
  - System-Independent User Interface Framework
    - U.S. Patent Number: 12,346,707
    - Description: Systems and methods for spatial organization, automation, and state management of desktop software environments.
    - Granted on: July 1, 2025.
  - Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface.
    - U.S. Patent Number: D1,076,934
    - Description: An embodiment of the focal-contextual desktop.
    - Granted on: May 27, 2025.
  - Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Graphical User Interface.
    - U.S. Patent Number: D1,074,727
    - Description: Design patent covering the appearance of a defocused desktop surface with windows visually arranged above it.
    - Granted on: May 13, 2025.
  - Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface.
    - U.S. Patent Number: D1,071,975
    - Description: Design patent covering the appearance of a focal-contextual graphical user interface on a handheld display.
    - Granted on: April 22, 2025.
  - Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface.
    - U.S. Patent Number: D1,055,090
    - Description: Design patent covering the appearance of a focal-contextual graphical user interface on a desktop surface. Granted on: December 24, 2024.
  - Electronic Device
    - U.S. Patent Number: D1,042,449
    - Description: Design patent covering the ornamental appearance of a curved display with a central dial located on the lower bezel.
    - Granted on: September 17, 2024.

- Pending Patents
  - System-Independent User Interface Framework (cont.)
    - US20220197675A1 | WO2022132899A1
    - Filed: December 17, 2020.
  - User Interface Management Based on Related Content
    - PCT/US2025/051997
    - Filed: October 24, 2024.
  - Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface (cont.)
  - Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Graphical User Interface (cont.)

Trademarks

- Registered
  - U.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,157,917 for ‘OpenWorkspace®’ (Wordmark)
  - U.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,020,295 for ‘WorkDisplay®’ (Wordmark)
  - U.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,348,107 for ‘The Peak Desktop Experience®’ (Wordmark)
  - U.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,971,062 for ‘Automatic Desktop®’ (Wordmark)
  - U.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,237,945 for the OpenWorkspace® ‘sun’ logo (Image)
  - U.S. Trademark Registration No. 6,982,178 for the WorkDisplay® ‘WD’ logo (Image)
  - U.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,874,196. for the TAPcentric ‘moon’ logo (Image)

- Pending Registration

- - U.S. Application Serial No. 97,474,980 for ‘Imagine What’s Possible™’ (Wordmark)
  - U.S. Application Serial No. 99,044,858 for ‘Focal Contextual Desktop™’ (Wordmark)
  - U.S. Application Serial No. 99,443,098 for ‘FocalContextual™’ (Wordmark)

Copyright

All content (including but not limited to text, images, videos, and designs) published on openworkspace.com, blog.openworkspace.com. workdisplay.com, tapcentric.com (along with that published on our various social media channels) 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: Expanding the Desktop (Registration No. TX 9-497-992)
  - ‘Introducing OpenWorkspace® —Part II: Automating the Desktop (Registration No. TX 9-505-124)

Trade Secrets

The products and services provided by TAPcentric Inc. and 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 TAPcentric Inc. or Open Workspace, LLC unless it has obtained prior written consent.