# Jonathan Koch — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Jonathan Koch has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How to Split a Smartphone Keyboard with a Gesture](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8587547/device-method-and-graphical-user-interface-for-manipulating-soft-keyboards) — granted 2013
  Apple's 2013 patent describes how to split a phone's keyboard in half and move it up the screen with a swipe, making it easier to type with thumbs.

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