M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Apple Inc’s “Slide-to-Unlock” Patents

Date:  Fri, 2011-10-28

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – October 28, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Apple Inc’s “Slide-to-Unlock” Patents

Apple seems to have taken two bites at… well, the apple, with its latest slide-to-unlock patent. Why “two bites”? Because it’s a reference to double patenting, an illegal abuse of the patent system. You know, what USPTO patent examiner, Mr. Andres Gutierrez, said before he rejected every claim Apple was applying for, three separate times, in this issued continuation (read: we want to get credit for an earlier patent’s priority date) of another slide-to-unlock patent.

M·CAM’s Patently Obvious® is a weekly report providing visibility into potentially unconsidered alternatives, including art in the public domain, to patent holdings across a variety of technology areas.

M·CAM, Inc. is a global, full-service intellectual property and rights (IP&R) and intangible asset financial services firm. We provide the technical and financial systems that allow public and private markets to use IP&R and IA for regulated transactions in banking, securities, insurance, and public innovation investment and technology procurement. From our pioneering work in creating the world’s first standards-based innovation collateralization financial products for banking and securities to our work in grassroots innovator enablement and patent quality assurance programs, M·CAM provides the mechanism to balance the interests of public and commercial sectors to support and build thriving economies.

The M·CAM Patently Obvious® report on Apple Inc’s “Slide-to-Unlock” patents can be found HERE.