Apple granted patent for a proximity-sensing touchscreen

Courtesy Engadget  Wed, 01/27/2010 - 06:37

Never say the USPTO doesn't have impeccable timing: on the eve of Apple's tablet launch (and on the very day we finally realized that we've been looking at the same set of Apple patent images in loosely-related filings since 2004), the Patent Office has granted Apple some 13 patents, including #7,653,883 for a proximity-sensing multitouch screen.

That's right, granted -- as in, Apple can file lawsuit if others infringe these ideas now. (Usually we just...

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