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by HstryrsrBttn 1548 days ago
Regarding Apple's patent: WTF isn't prior art there?
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It is an application for a patent, not a grant of patent. It's not clear if it makes any exclusivity claims on the basic concept or is just about the specific implementation details. That is one problem with patents, it's hard to interpret their scope unless you speak the particular patent dialect. I do wish that the patent system would require references to prior art and specific callouts about how this application is different.