Sorry, you are just wrong, despite your blizzard of obfuscating links relating to desktop computing with failed technology that never really worked or took hold. Apple holds the valid patents on all of the multi-touch technology on mobile devices. The last word uttered on these was made four years ago on October 17, 2013 when the US Patent Office validated ALL 20 claims Apple had made in their earlier patents. . . and Apple started licensing the technology to the other makers of capacitance multi-touch phones, recognizing that that genii had already left the bottle.
Apple multitouch patent upheld by US Patent and Trademark Office
by Bryan Bishop — The Verge — Oct 17, 2013, 4:35pm EDTThe United States Patent and Trademark Office has upheld a key Apple multitouch patent in a move that could have real ramifications for companies like Samsung and Motorola moving forward. The USPTO issued a certificate on September 4th confirming the patentability of all 20 claims of US patent number 7,479,949. An initial ruling back in December of last year had rejected them, but this latest reexamination certificate basically walks that back in its entirety.
The '949 patent covers multitouch functionality, such as the ability for a device to interpret a diagonal downward swipe as a purely vertical gesture in order to allow pages to scroll smoothly and consistently for users. It's a patent of particular note as it's been used by Cupertino against both Samsung and Motorola. In fact, it's one of the patents at issue in the ITC's recent ruling to ban the import of some Samsung products into the United States. As a result of that ruling, Samsung will have to ensure that the devices it sells in the US do not infringe upon any of the involved patents — and with this latest USPTO action, one avenue through which to resolve that issue has been shut down for good.
Here is Apple's US Patent # 7,966,578 specifying a Capacitance multitouch Screen on the iPhone.
Application 60937993 first filed Jun 29, 2007. So much for your bogus claims.
The courts and the US Patent Office and the Federal Trade Commission have validated these patents. You can dance around making a fool of yourself all you want, claiming anything you want, but the history and legalities are that Apple is credited with inventing the modern smartphone as it is embodied and works today as a multi-touch display device, not a physical keyboard device with a small display only phone. . . just as Apple essentially perfected the Graphical user interface for the desktop and had it ripped off by Microsoft to make an upside down and backwards system called Windows. . . and no, Apple did not "steal" it from Xerox, to anticipate your next claim. It was parallel development with Apple paying Xerox for some ideas only.
“Westerman and his faculty advisor, John Elias, eventually formed a company called FingerWorks. The group began producing a line of multitouch gesture-based products, including a gesture-based keyboard called the TouchStream. This helped those who were suffering from disabilities like repetitive strain injuries and other medical conditions. The iGesture Pad was also released that year, which allowed one-hand gesturing and maneuvering to control the screen. FingerWorks was eventually acquired by Apple in 2005, and many attribute technologies like the multitouch Trackpad or the iPhone’s touchscreen to this acquisition.”
“The late 2000s often attribute Apple as responsible for the touchscreen, after shaking the mobile industry with the iPhone. The company did not invent the touchscreen, but innovated it. The technology became more useful and commercially available to a widespread audience.”
http://mashable.com/2012/11/09/touchscreen-history/#ZxK4OzTo9sqX