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Apple's original claim didn't have that "loophole", but added it after the patent office rejected the original version as being anticipated by prior art (specif
by btn 14y ago
Apple's original claim didn't have that "loophole", but added it after the patent office rejected the original version as being anticipated by prior art (specifically, a patent [1] and a patent application [2]).
[1] http://www.google.com/patents/US7576732 http://www.google.com/patents/US7576732
[2] http://www.google.com/patents?id=gKyRAAAAEBAJ http://www.google.com/patents?id=gKyRAAAAEBAJ