Year in Patents

2010

Landmark US patents granted in 2010 — explained in plain English. The inventions, the assignees, and what each one actually protects.

Granted in 2010

5 patents

US 7663607 · 2010 · Apple Inc

Multipoint touchscreen

US 7657849 · 2010 · Apple Inc

How the iPhone's Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Worked

US 7844915 · 2010 · Apple Inc

Application programming interfaces for scrolling operations

US 7812828 · 2010 · Apple Inc

Ellipse fitting for multi-touch surfaces

US 7664715 · 2010 · Caterpillar Japan Ltd

Apparatus and method for compressing data, apparatus and method for analyzing data, and data management system

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