Apple Wins Design Patent for Shanghai Store

Apple has been awarded a design patent for its retail store in Shanghai, 

The store, located steps away from the Shanghai's Pearl Tower, features a cylindrical glass tower with the glowing, white Apple logo floating within - much like the 

Clear, circular stairs take shoppers to the subterranean store, which features the familiar Genius Bar and tables upon tables of Apple gadgets.

The drawings featured by Patently Apple show that circular tower, constructed with various glass panels. Few other details were included, other than a note that said the 

After Jobs retired as Apple's CEO in August, the New York Times trolled the patent archives and pulled out 313 that included Jobs among their inventors. For more, see 

The store, situated in Shanghai's Hong Kong Plaza, opened its doors in September 2010, the same day a second Chinese store opened in Beijing. The stores' openings coincided with the 

 One of Apple's more recent major store openings was