[engadget] USPTO tentatively invalidates key Apple multitouch patent

Air Langhi · Dec 7, 2012

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/07/...-all-claims-of-key-apple-multitouch/#comments

The US Patent and Trademark Office tentatively invalidated Apple's so-called rubber-banding patent back in October, and it looks like it's now done so again with one of the company's key multitouch-related patents. According to FOSS Patents, the USPTO has issued an Office Action rejecting all 20 claims of patent 7,479,949, which is specifically related to scrolling and is described as "Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics." Unlike the rubber-banding patent, though, this one did not figure in Apple's recent trial with Samsung, although it has been used in cases against Motorola and HTC.
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Given this stuff was done before the iphone came out, I don't know how they managed to get a patent in the 1st place.

Two Sandwiches · Dec 7, 2012

The patent system in this country is severely flawed, and some companies have really taken advantage of it. Apple has had great benefit from it.

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