Assignment
Apple Patents
Representative Apple “slide-to-unlock” patents
- U.S. Patent No. 7,657,849 (the ‘849 patent): Google page and PDF of patent
- Continuation U.S. Patent No. 8,046,721 (the ‘721 patent): Google page and PDF of patent
- Continuation U.S. Patent No. 8,209,637 (the ‘637 patent): Google page and PDF of patent
- Continuation U.S. Patent No. 8,286,103 (the ‘103 patent): Google page and PDF of patent
Prior art
- Neonode N1m cellphone
- Neonode U.S. patent No. 8,095,879 (the ‘879 patent)
Guidance
Pre-AIA 102 and 103
Opinion writing
Claim construction; Continuation patents
- David V. Radack, Reading and Understanding Patent Claims.
- Patent term for a continuation patent
- Cionca Law Group, Continuation, Continuation-In-Part, and Divisional Applications for Patent
- MPEP 601.01(n), Dependent Claims
- Nathenson.org. patents resource page
Slide-to-unlock news
- Forbes, Apple’s Slide to Unlock Patent: Yes, the Patent System Needs Reform (10/27/2011)
- Android Central, Apple granted patent on slide to unlock, even though it existed 2 years before they invented it (10/25/2011)
- ComputerWorld, Samsung invokes Alice case to challenge two Apple patents (7/4/2014)
- Seeking Alpha, Too Early to Dub Neonode The ‘Apple-Killer’ (6/27/2012)
- DailyTech, Neonode Patented Swipe-to-Unlock 3 Years Before Apple (2/20/2012)
- Apple Insider, Dutch judge says Apple’s ‘slide to unlock’ patent is likely invalid (8/25/2011)
- Apple Insider, Swedish company claims rights to ‘slide to unlock’ with new UI patent (2/28/2012)
Posted Apr. 17, 2015