Apple is continuing to research how to have the iPad-centric Apple Pencil do the work of the old Touch Bar on the surface of a future MacBook Pro.

47468 92641 Apple PencilIt’s just a patent application, and Apple gets thousands of these granted every year, it does not mean any actual product will appear. But sometimes you can tell that Apple is serious by how it applies for a patent, gets it — and then applies again for the smallest variation on the idea.That’s what happened here with a patent application whose drawings show a MacBook Pro with a holder for an Apple Pencil.

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