Apple Gets a Patent For an Idea that is 24 Years Old

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flamencoguy

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Does this company patent any substantial non-trivial ideas other than
1.slide to unlock 2. Scroll bounce, 3. tap to zoom 4. rectangles, 5. type ahead prediction 6. pinch to zoom.

This should be invalidated like the others as well.
 

wemakeourfuture

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[citation][nom]Wannabepro[/nom]I wonder how many patent office officials crApple owns.....[/citation]

Microsoft and other giant tech firms get equally frivioulous patents. Why aren't you spewing their names too? Unless

#1. You have no idea what's been happening with patents the past 10 years and the broken patent office and system.

#2. You just simply HATE Apple and anything negative you will jump on them and ignore other firms doing the EXACT same thing.

Either case you need to enlighten yourself.
 

davewolfgang

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Hey there wemakenothing - You are a iCrapple tool.

NOBODY EVER files or has filed so many patents on PREVIOUS tech and things that shouldn't EVER be able to be patented than iCrapple.

If YOU can't see that - you should enlighten YOURself.
 

maddad

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Does the thought ever occur to any of you Apple haters, that maybe they have to patent what you consider bs to protect themselves against all the patent trolls who have been suing every company they can over nonsense!
 

wemakeourfuture

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[citation][nom]davewolfgang[/nom]Hey there wemakenothing - You are a iCrapple tool.NOBODY EVER files or has filed so many patents on PREVIOUS tech and things that shouldn't EVER be able to be patented than iCrapple. If YOU can't see that - you should enlighten YOURself.[/citation]

You obviously do not follow tech patents. Even Tom's Hardware has other firms patent filings that are previous tech so you clearly are uneducated.
 

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[citation][nom]bllue[/nom]Is Apple bribing the USTPO??[/citation]

I think Apple is secretly a subsidiary of the USTPO, would make sense the way these patents are being granted lately.
 

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I think this patent is fine. Its very narrow and specific. Heck even Microsoft's Zune music finder that is incredibly similar to this would not infringe because it would have to be exactly what this patent specifies.
 

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[citation][nom]wemakeourfuture[/nom]Microsoft and other giant tech firms get equally frivioulous patents. Why aren't you spewing their names too? Unless#1. You have no idea what's been happening with patents the past 10 years and the broken patent office and system.#2. You just simply HATE Apple and anything negative you will jump on them and ignore other firms doing the EXACT same thing.Either case you need to enlighten yourself.[/citation]
Its not an article about them... its about Apple lol maybe thats why they are not spewing their names....
 
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