Patently Apple first covered Apple s Fall Detection invention back in April 2019. The patent was filed for in Q3 2018. Since that time, Apple has updated their invention at least three times with the latter being published in September 2022. Last week the US Patent & Trademark Office published yet another update to their Fall Detection invention updating .
Apple Patents, unlike rumors, cover possible future products that could take years to come to market or die on the vine. There is no such thing as "the iPhone patent" or the "iPad patent" in singular form. An Apple project, like a future foldable device, could take years with various teams working on different aspects of the product that takes.