Slide To Unlock Patent Granted To Apple

A patent system can be a very long drawn out system and today we want to report that Apple can finally call the iconic Slide to Unlock gesture its own after the United States Patent & Trademark Office granted Apple its patent.

In his biography, Steve Jobs is said to have wanted to destroy Android claiming that it was a stolen product based on various Apple technologies. Steve Jobs was also very animated about Slide to Unlock and for all the right reasons too because when the iPhone first launched in January 2007, he staid to unlock the phone all he had to do was take his finger and slide it across. He claimed that they wanted something that you couldn’t do by accident in your pocket. Although Slide to Unlock is very simple its ingenuity cannot be denied. While many aspects of Apple’s iOS have been flawed and subject to change it is very hard to think of an easier unlock strategy. It seems that no matter how advanced the iOS is to become it is highly unlikely that the Slide to Unlock will cease to remain a fundamental part of it.

In total, Steve Jobs took an amazing 313 patents with him and these range from the click-wheel of the iPod to the key design aspects of the iPhone 4. He really is going to be missed especially when it comes to key note speeches but for now we leave you with the great news that Apple has finally been granted the patent for the Slide to Unlock.

Apple Patent Slide to Unlock Granted: