USPTO Reissues Key iPhone Patent to Apple

[Guest]

An gem in the IT patent landscape surfaced last week. The USPTO reissued U.S. patent 6,956,564 to Apple.

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[jhansonxi]

Up next: "narrow cylindrical device for moving loads overland" and "exothermic reaction combustion process"

Note - you can't patent patent trolling since Haliburton already has.

 

[Yuka]

Why when I want to see an image in the USPTO page, it asks me for QT?

It's very annoying; they should use regular PDF or something like that...

Cheers!

 

[mrmike_49]

[citation][nom]Yuka[/nom]Why when I want to see an image in the USPTO page, it asks me for QT?It's very annoying; they should use regular PDF or something like that...Cheers![/citation]

QT ; Quick Time : Apple
very interesting

 

[silver565]

I can see it now.... "the iPen, revolutionizing the workplace"

 

[cookoy]

it looks like some device you stick in your ass to get your temperature

 

[justjc]

[citation][nom]SILVER565[/nom]I can see it now.... "the iPen, revolutionizing the workplace"[/citation]
No way Apple would launch a product with eight buttons, however they might just see the patent as a reason to gain income from companies actually making smart pens, like Livescribe and Logitech.

@jhansonxi I think the patent found at http://www.ipmenu.com/archive/AUI_2001100012.pdf will blow your mind. It was given to a Patent lawyer in 2001, who wanted to prove that the patent system was flawed... case proved... still no one seems to have done anything about it :-(

 

[zybch]

[citation][nom]Yuka[/nom]Why when I want to see an image in the USPTO page, it asks me for QT?It's very annoying; they should use regular PDF or something like that...Cheers![/citation]
Or just freaking JPEG pics!! Anything except a dumb format that makes you install extra crap (especially apple crap) on your computer.

 

[alidan]

EVERYONE

you are missing the point.

when you move an ipad, and an ipod touch from vertical to horizontal the way things are displayed changes.

they got this patent for THIS FEATURE ALONE... nothing more.

 

[mcvf]

[citation][nom]jhansonxi[/nom]Up next: "narrow cylindrical device for moving loads overland" and "exothermic reaction combustion process"Note - you can't patent patent trolling since Haliburton already has.[/citation]

The best patent ever! You made my day.

 

[eddieroolz]

So Apple bought it for the accelerometer part. I smell more lawsuits.