appleinsider.com - 1/27/2009
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Apple last week was awarded a monstrous 358-page patent covering the touch screen, graphical user interface, and methods that combine to define the iPhone user experience.
news.worldofapple.com - 1/27/2009
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news.worldofapple.com —
According to the US Patent Office Apple was
awarded patent number 7,479,949 on January 20, 2009. The...
patent which was filed on April 11, 2008 covers multi-touch and all associated gestures such as pinch, swipe and rotation. The patent is titled: Touch ...
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Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent
macrumors.com - 1/27/2009
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macrumors.com —
Perhaps adding teeth to Apple's recent comments that
they would vigorously defend their intellectual property behind the...
iPhone, World of Apple notes that the U.S. Patent Office has awarded Apple the patent on their application titled Touch s...
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Apple Awarded iPhone and Multi-Touch Patent
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Apple awarded huge ‘multi-touch’ patent covering iPhone, iPod touch
MacDailyNews —
... interim chief executive Tim Cook recently promised to aggressively pursue any company or person who 'rips off' Apple's intellectual property, and this patent affords the Cupertino-based iPhone maker the footing it would need to mount any such defense," Spear reports. "Along with covering the iPhone, the patent filing is notable for referencing 40 other existing patents, and for naming Jobs first among its inventors." Much more, including patent illustrations, in the full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Don the ...
Apple Awarded Patent on Palm Pre Gesture Area?
Digital Daily —
... A touch-sensitive area of the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. Hmm. That sounds awfully familiar, doesn’t it? Where have I heard that before … Oh, I know, in ...
Apple wins comprehensive patent for iPhone, bares teeth at Palm
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... AppleInsider also notes that the patent covers features not seen on the iPhone, but interestingly are critical features of the Palm Pre. For example, Apple's patent mentions a touch-sensitive area that does not display visual output: a dead-ringer for the Pre's gesture area, separate from the touch screen. ...
Apple’s Multi-Touch Patent: A More Realistic View
TheAppleBlog —
... So Apple is finally awarded their multi-touch patent, and the hue and cry from the Apple Bashers is pretty loud. But not only Apple Bashers are worried, Daring Fireball had ...
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