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> The concept never existed before the iPhone and it is absolutely not intuitive The USPTO disagrees: http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/10/patent-office-tentativ
by kbutler 14y ago
> The concept never existed before the iPhone and it is absolutely not intuitive
The USPTO disagrees: http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/10/patent-office-tentatively-invalidates.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/10/patent-office-tentatively...
"In a non-final Office action the USPTO has declared all 20 claims of Apple's rubber-banding patent (U.S. Patent No, 7,469,381 invalid [for prior art and obviousness]... A finding of anticipation is a determination that there was no inventive step at all."