Editing List of software patents (section)

==User interfaces==
* {{Cite patent|country=US|number=6275213}} and {{Cite patent|country=US|number=6424333}} related to {{Cite patent|country=EP|number=0864145|status=application}}
: [[Immersion Corporation]] sued [[Sony]] under these US patents in 2002. They relate to force-feedback technology such as that used in [[PlayStation 2]] [[DualShock]] controllers. Sony lost the case and Immersion were awarded $90.7 million, an injunction (stayed pending appeal), and a compulsory license.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://immr.client.shareholder.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=195343 |title=Immersion Corporation Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results |access-date=2007-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213103556/http://immr.client.shareholder.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=195343 |archive-date=2006-12-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The claims of the related European patent application require the device to be ''attached'' to a body part and were, in any event, refused by the examining division of the [[European Patent Office]] for lacking an inventive step.<ref>{{EPO Register|appno=96944744|patno=0864145}}</ref>

* {{Cite patent|country=EP|number=0394160}}
* {{Cite patent|country=US|number=5301348}}
:The patent relates to a [[progress bar]]. Filed in 1989, it was highlighted in 2005 by [[Richard Stallman]] in ''[[New Scientist]]''<ref name="stealth">[[Richard Stallman]], [https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524850.300-patents-by-stealth.html ''Patents by stealth''], [[New Scientist]], February 5, 2005, issue 2485, page 28.</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref name="absurdity">Richard Stallman, [http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,,1510566,00.html ''Patent absurdity''], [[The Guardian]], June 20, 2005</ref> as an example of a software patent granted by the [[European Patent Organisation|European Patent Office]], that would impede software development<ref name="stealth"/> and would be dangerous.<ref name="absurdity"/> The claims as granted describe a process of breaking down a task to be performed by a computer into a number of equal task units and updating a display each time a unit is completed and therefore does not cover progress bars which operate in different ways.