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Apple Wins Mobile Patent On Displaying Lists, Documents

Posted by Soulskill on from the history-began-in-2007 dept.

walterbyrd writes "Apple yesterday was granted Patent no. 8,223,134 for 'Portable electronic device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying electronic lists and documents.' According to the patent's description, the technology relies upon a touch-screen display and includes both the function for displaying lists and documents, and how they look on a mobile product."

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  1. who owns the uspo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like Apple has controlling shares in the USPO

  2. Re:you don't see a business model by jaymemaurice · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it make you any less of a dick (or vagina) because someone else paid you to be one?

    There, I fixed that for you.

    ~your friendly Norwegian Microsoft Developer’s Conference Incorrectly Politically Correcting Department.

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    120 characters ought to be enough for anyone
  3. Re:I don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry for that. We had to display the list of comments in the wrong order because of a new apple patent.