The applicant can request short-term (up to 180 days) confidentially of some portions of the filing. In the case of the Mac Pro, Apple requested:Does anyone know what that means? - confidential yes, but already published? Or April 2020?
Does short-term confidentiality apply to this application?: Yes
If so, specify the short-term confidentiality release date (MM/DD/YYYY format): 04/27/2020
Note: If no date is supplied, the release date will be set to 45 calendar days past the date of grant.
External Photographs
Internal Photographs
Test Setup Photographs
User Manual
be withheld temporarily. Other items like test reports aren’t subject to confidentiality and must be disclosed as of the approval date. Other info can permanently be held confidential, e.g. schematics.
The confidentiality letter available for download at the link provided in the article details this.
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