Apple's crucial overscroll bounce patent claim is valid, U.S. patent office says
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has confirmed four claims of Apple’s overscroll bounce patent, including a claim that played a crucial part in Apple’s $1.05 billion dollar lawsuit against Samsung, according to a document filed with a Californian court on Thursday.
Apple’s “list scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touchscreen display” patent describes a way to scroll past a document’s border. When a user reaches the edge and stops scrolling, the screen bounces back to the nearest display area.
The most important claim in the patent is claim 19. During the Apple/Samsung billion dollar patent trial, the jury found that 21 accused products infringed claim 19, and the jury awarded damages regarding 18 of these products. Samsung's Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab 10.1 (WiFi), as well as the Droid Charge and the Nexus S 4G were among the infringing devices.
While the USPTO rejectedclaim 19 of the patent in a decision called a “Final Office Action” in April, the USPTO now has informed Apple that it intends to reverse that decision in a notice of intent to issue an ex parte reexamination certificate of the claims, according to a document filed by Apple with the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division.
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