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My Sony Ericsson from 2005 does this, why have Apple patented it?
by fabjan 15y ago
My Sony Ericsson from 2005 does this, why have Apple patented it?
- tptacek 15y agoThey patented it in 1996.
- chopsueyar 15y agoI thought they filed in 1996.
- tptacek 15y agoYou're probably right, but that's irrelevant here: a 2005 phone isn't invalidating prior art for a patent filed in 1996. In fact, for some forms of disclosure, there's a cushion of 12 months prior to filing, meaning that conceivably a phone could have been disclosed in 1995 that wouldn't invalidate this one.
- chopsueyar 15y agoNo, but you made it seem silly somebody would even create the 2005 phone when the patent had been granted in 1995.