U.S. Patent 7663607 was awarded to Apple Inc. on 2010-02-16 and describes a “Multipoint touchscreen.” This patent has been cited 1477 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative computer technology patents in the field of electrical engineering. The abstract states:

A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel for each of the multiple touches is disclosed. Link: U.S. Patent 7663607

This patent was originally filed on 2004-05-06 which gives it a processing time of 2112 days, compared to an average processing time of 1583 in the field. Apple Inc. has 15027 total patents. The first named inventor is Steven Hotelling of Los Gatos, CA. The assistant examiner was Kimnhung Nguyen.

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