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The only things that matter with regards to patents, are the claims. That line, and the general and detailed descriptions can be ignored entirely.
by roc 14y ago
The only things that matter with regards to patents, are the claims.
That line, and the general and detailed descriptions can be ignored entirely.
- learc83 14y agoThe claims for the pinch-to-zoom patent are broad enough to cover pinch to zoom on any touchscreen.
- roc 14y agoThe claims as-filed, sure. But the USPTO doesn't generally update the published application to match the current document (including changed and struck claims) during the process. So it's entirely possible that wording didn't survive. In any event, it's hardly fair to judge a system based on the snapshot of a submission from before it had even gone through that system yet.
- learc83 14y agoYou can easily read all of that in the public PAIR database, it's not hard to find. Btw the wording did indeed survive, the patent as it stands is sufficiently broad to cover all pinch-to-zoom implementations on any kind of touchscreen.