A standard drawing pad, such as those used by an artist, is a good example of Claim 1. As a touch-sensitive input device, it causes a change in cursor position and state corresponding with the position at which it is touched. All that differs in Claim 1 of this patent is the stipulation that it is used in a mobile electronic device, as opposed a relatively less mobile desktop or laptop computer, such as those used by artists.
<br><br>Since the other claims simply hinge on claim 1, the whole patent is basically bunk. I couldn't, for example, patent the idea of a computer mouse designed for a mobile electronic device just because it's (presumably) never been done before. It's simply porting an already well-understood concept from the desktop world to the embedded world - there is no new idea, just a new implementation.
<br><br>Peace, fight the power, and say no to bad patents,<br>Ryan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Frederic Kettelhoit</b> <<a href="mailto:kettelhoit@gmail.com">kettelhoit@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello together,<br><br>there is one patent application called "Backside Interface for Hand-Held devices" with the patent number 20070103454. It has been published on 10th May 2007 and isn't granted yet. Does anyone know how long such a process might last? And are there realistic chances that this patent will be granted? Because I think it would also be pretty cool for OpenMoko phones.
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