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米国专利局重新审议后否决了苹果的所有pinch-to-zoom技术专利申请，引述以前的老专利及出版文献，专利局认为苹果声称的发明是不能专利的
U.S. Patent office rejects Apple's pinch-to-zoom technology patent claims
By Troy Wolverton
mercurynews.com
Posted: 12/20/2012
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has taken a second look at Apple's (AAPL) pinch-to-zoom technology and this time found it wanting.
In a letter sent to Apple's lawyers on Wednesday, the office said it has completed a re-examination of the iPhone maker's patent on its zooming technology and has rejected all of Apple's claims. Citing older patents and published documents, the patent office found that Apple's claimed innovations were "unpatentable."
The determination is preliminary. The patent remains in force, and Apple will have a chance to appeal the ruling.
An Apple representative declined to comment on the rejection or on how the company will respond. But patent owners typically appeal such determinations and frequently have the decisions reversed, legal experts said.
"The No. 1 thing to keep in mind is this is not over with," said Brian Love, an assistant professor of law at Santa Clara University. "This is just a step in a long process."
The pinch-to-zoom patent was among the key patents at issue in Apple's recent lawsuit against Samsung. In finding that Samsung infringed on that patent and others, a jury awarded apple $1 billion in damages in August.
Samsung filed a copy of the patent office's decision with the court today, calling it relevant to its request
for a new trial and to Apple's request for a permanent injunction against Samsung's products.
Despite the filing, it's unclear whether the patent office's decision will have any effect on the Apple-Samsung case, legal experts said. Assuming that Apple decides to contest the decision, it could take months or even years for the patent's validity to be decided and Apple has several layers of appeals open to it, they said.
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