That [what was originally posted]'s not a patent number. It's the publication number of a patent application. Just because one applies for a patent does not mea

That [what was originally posted]'s not a patent number. It's the publication number of a patent application. Just because one applies for a patent does not mean that it has been granted. This is the granted patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US8605008 http://www.google.com/patents/US8605008 The publication is dated the same as the grant date because Apple used a legal trick that allowed them to defer publication of the application (originally filed in 2008) until the grant actually happened.