As if you needed any more proof that there is something wrong with the U.S. Patent system, Apple has been awarded a patent for using Slide to Unlock as a means of unlocking phone. The Slide to Unlock ...

The United States Patent & Trademark Office this morning issued a patent grant to Apple pertaining to the familiar Slide to Unlock gesture. Remember, the now ubiquitous sliding move debuted on the ...

Many of the patent applications and grants involving Apple relate to theoretical products that may never see the light of day. Today, Apple has been granted a patent that covers one of the most basic ...

Slide-to-unlock is one of the iconic gestures of the iPhone. It looks simple, but it was tricky to get right. Photo: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac This an excerpt from Unsung Apple Hero, an e-book about ...

One of the many revolutionary features of the iPhone, oh, excuse me, the Jesus Phone, is “slide to unlock,” whereby the user slides his or her digit across the screen to unlock the phone. Now, thanks ...

Following a key Apple court win against Motorola in Germany over a 'slide-to-unlock' patent, Google last week saw its own unlocking patent filing from 2010 published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

Germany's Federal Patent Court on Thursday invalidated all of Apple's claims for its slide to unlock patent. The news comes courtesy of Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents who was in the courtroom ...

Despite ordering a preliminary injunction against sales of three Samsung smartphones on this week, a Dutch judge dismissed Apple's "slide-to-unlock" patent as "not inventive," and therefore likely ...

This ugly rubber doormat costs $50. Despite this setback, it rocks, being the home-ornament equivalent of full frontal nerdity. The “Slide to Unlock” mat is, of course, a play on the iPhone’s unlock ...

December 23, 2005: Apple files a patent application for its iconic “slide to unlock” gesture for the iPhone. At this point, the iPhone remains a secret research project. However, the ability to unlock ...

Apple has won another patent in the US, a patent for the gesture ‘slide to unlock’ which is used on the iPhone and also millions of Android and other smartphones around the world. The patent lists iOS ...