US patent class 345: computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
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Idea that is similar but not identical to an existing patent: how do I evaluate the novelty?
I came up with an idea similar to this one (us20070091093) around the same time and I've read this patent pretty thoroughly. They cover a large part of what my idea is, but I have differences in ...
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Could Apple's recent patents be based on prior art?
Some of Apple's patents, I am pretty sure are based on Prior art some of these include:
Patent US 7844915. Here is its claim 1:
A machine implemented method for scrolling on a touch-sensitive ...
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Prior art for double-tap to zoom in a structured document / web browser
Apple has patented (US7864163) the behaviour in Mobile Safari whereby double-tapping zooms in just enough to fit on the screen the particular box of content that was tapped.
A ...
