With the Newton trumping the Palm in date, I would assume, barring Apple transferring those patents, that Apple would have some low level patents in this depart

With the Newton trumping the Palm in date, I would assume, barring Apple transferring those patents, that Apple would have some low level patents in this department, but given the age (and my age too) the Newton may have been over 20 years ago now so the patent period may be past.