Apple files 34 touch patents

Should hold off the lawsuits for a while...

Apple files 34 touch patents. Biz, Apple, Patents, Photos 0

4 July 2008 13:09 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

34 lengthy new touchscreen-related patents from Apple published by the US Patent & Trademark Office have been revealed.

The patents, seen as the "definitive" list of all things Apple touch, cover such applications as recognising different parts of the body and fingernail touch too.

MacNN has a pretty full, quite technical run down of the lot, if that's how you want to spend your Friday afternoon...
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