B*******e
发帖数: 3882 | 1 http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/12/07/uspto-invalidates-all
USPTO invalidates all claims of 'Steve Jobs' multi-touch patent
By Mikey Campbell
A decision published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Monday saw
an Apple patent, co-invented by late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, covering
multi-touch functionality have all 20 of its claims invalidated after the
property was reexamined.
Source: FOSS Patents
The USPTO's review of Apple U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949 for a "Touch screen
device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by
applying heuristics" was completed earlier this week, with the preliminary
invalidation filing first discovered by FOSS Patents. The first Office
action is not final, however, and can later be overturned following an
appeal.
Dubbed the "Steve Jobs" patent by a number of people, including Apple's
lawyers, the '949 patent is a broad, sweeping property covering the general
functionality of multi-touch screens like those used in the iPhone and iPad.
Leveraged against Samsung in the landmark Apple v. Samsung jury trial, as
well as an ITC dispute with Motorola, the IP is thought to be one the most
famous of Jobs' software patents.
Illustration from the '949 patent. | Source: USPTO
Filed for in April 2008 and granted in January 2009, the '949 patent lists
Jobs first among 25 co-inventors including former iOS chief Scott Forstall
and engineer Bas Ording.
From the '949 patent's abstract:
A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device
with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger
contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to
the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and
processing the command.
The '949 patent decision comes a little over one month after Apple's '381 "
rubber-banding" or "bounce-back" patent was also invalidated in a similar
preliminary action. Both properties faced multiple reexamination requests
challenging their validity, the most recent being an ex parte, or anonymous,
challenge in in May. |
a***y
发帖数: 19743 | 2 苹果没有搞定rubber－banding专利的话
是他家专利律师的错吧？这个效果确实是很新颖的。invalidate也不是说prior art的吧
苹果这些专利确实很难搞。如果他家追求的就是要拿到手就能intuitive的体会和使用
，那么必然就会很容易被说“obvious”，太“broad”，即使之前无人使用这个效果。
【在 B*******e 的大作中提到】
: http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/12/07/uspto-invalidates-all
: USPTO invalidates all claims of 'Steve Jobs' multi-touch patent
: By Mikey Campbell
: A decision published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Monday saw
: an Apple patent, co-invented by late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, covering
: multi-touch functionality have all 20 of its claims invalidated after the
: property was reexamined.
: Source: FOSS Patents
: The USPTO's review of Apple U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949 for a "Touch screen
: device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by
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w********2
发帖数: 16371 | 3 it is just ugly politics. cook want to lower the credit of Steve and also
foster, so the legal effort put on is less significant and this being
overturned..
although just guessing for the one possible reason.
anyway these technology are 5 years old and will not hurt customer to
invalidate these. (of course apple will suffer and HTC may overpaid in the
deal with apple).
【在 a***y 的大作中提到】
: 苹果没有搞定rubber－banding专利的话
: 是他家专利律师的错吧？这个效果确实是很新颖的。invalidate也不是说prior art的吧
: 苹果这些专利确实很难搞。如果他家追求的就是要拿到手就能intuitive的体会和使用
: ，那么必然就会很容易被说“obvious”，太“broad”，即使之前无人使用这个效果。
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w*****g
发帖数: 16352 | 4 don't think so. This only says USPTO is just anothe dumb fucking
government BS.
Patent system is a joke.
【在 w********2 的大作中提到】
: it is just ugly politics. cook want to lower the credit of Steve and also
: foster, so the legal effort put on is less significant and this being
: overturned..
: although just guessing for the one possible reason.
: anyway these technology are 5 years old and will not hurt customer to
: invalidate these. (of course apple will suffer and HTC may overpaid in the
: deal with apple).
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w***n
发帖数: 1613 | 5 比如长方形
的吧
【在 a***y 的大作中提到】
: 苹果没有搞定rubber－banding专利的话
: 是他家专利律师的错吧？这个效果确实是很新颖的。invalidate也不是说prior art的吧
: 苹果这些专利确实很难搞。如果他家追求的就是要拿到手就能intuitive的体会和使用
: ，那么必然就会很容易被说“obvious”，太“broad”，即使之前无人使用这个效果。
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w********2
发帖数: 16371 | 6 who knows，不过这个推翻可能是最近苹果和google 恢复合作的基础。
【在 w*****g 的大作中提到】
: don't think so. This only says USPTO is just anothe dumb fucking
: government BS.
: Patent system is a joke.
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f****i
发帖数: 20252 | 7 白痴USPTO乱批patent，然后自己打自己脸
【在 w*****g 的大作中提到】
: don't think so. This only says USPTO is just anothe dumb fucking
: government BS.
: Patent system is a joke.
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a***y
发帖数: 19743 | 8 It's said that uspto is far from really invalidating this. Apple has plenty
of time to appeal or prove why they shouldn't. It's all media hype
★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 7.7
【在 w********2 的大作中提到】
: it is just ugly politics. cook want to lower the credit of Steve and also
: foster, so the legal effort put on is less significant and this being
: overturned..
: although just guessing for the one possible reason.
: anyway these technology are 5 years old and will not hurt customer to
: invalidate these. (of course apple will suffer and HTC may overpaid in the
: deal with apple).
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w*****g
发帖数: 16352 | 9 then stupid liberal media.
plenty
【在 a***y 的大作中提到】
: It's said that uspto is far from really invalidating this. Apple has plenty
: of time to appeal or prove why they shouldn't. It's all media hype
:
: ★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 7.7
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k*n
发帖数: 1203 | 10 Ex parte reexam 过程中正常的non-final office action，离真正invalidation还有
十万八千里，笑死人了。 |
a***y
发帖数: 19743 | 11 懂行的
【在 k*n 的大作中提到】
: Ex parte reexam 过程中正常的non-final office action，离真正invalidation还有
: 十万八千里，笑死人了。
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