Preliminary Patent Office Ruling Invalidates Apple’s ‘Steve Jobs Patent’

A key Apple multitouch patent dubbed "the Steve Jobs patent" has been tentatively invalidated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office through a preliminary ruling.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/jobs-patent-tentatively-invalid/

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM) INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS INTEL