Another Apple touch-screen patent struggling

Another Apple touch-screen patent struggling No doubt one of Apple's broad patents covering touch-screen technology is under fire via the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, searching for re-examination.

The USPTO ruled that very 20 claims involved in the patent are invalid, dependent on a filing spotted by blog Foss Patents.

The decision, that wasthat's passed Monday, is not actually final.

It's the 2nd such Apple patent getting deemed completely invalid using a re-examination by way of USPTO. The exact same decision for the Apple best nexus 4 case patent since company's rubber-banding bounce effect arrived late October, especially foreclosures an appeal.

Of note, late Apple Designer Nexus nexus 4 case 4 Case co-founder Steve jobs shows up since the chief inventor, along with 24 others, through the touch-related technology placed in U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949. The corporate filed on the patent in April 2008, and was granted it really nine months later. It actually was 1 three used against Motorola with a recent patent suit, that wasthat's tossed not in court recently.