Steve Jobs patente en iPhone declaró no válido

This is only a preliminary invalidation, not the end of the road for this patent. Many patents that survive of this State (partially or totally). This is just the start of a process within the USPTO.

(Relevant Post debate Mac rumors in this respect, this is not my post, but relevant to this discussion): http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=16445804&postcount=39 [macrumors.com]

People - a preliminary invalidation is a non-event. Each patent initially almost always request is rejected. It is the way that the patent examiner pushes the load on the inventor. They reject, you appeal, they reject, you appeal, patent issues.

Normally the results to an initial patent application are really weak and easy to overcome.

The review process is the same way. The patent examiner is placed in the position of the person trying to overturn the patent. That's because the other party to communicate with is the inventor original and obviously going to push for the maintenance of the application. So to do proper due diligence, the examiner should find reasons to refute the patent and then there is an appeal and then possibly another invalidation and another appeal and then keeps the patent probably in some form.

In short... nothing to see here... move along.

I don't know the actual percentage, but bet 99.9% of all patents requested a re-examination receive a preliminary invalidation. And I don't think that the Patent Office may refuse to make a re-examination of a patent.

Full discussion here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1503872&page=1 [macrumors.com]

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