Google wins slide-to-unlock patent as Apple battle heats up

Please check a few of the comments on the site. ( Some of which posted below)

--- CNET take this article down, as it's absolutely, 100% false. THIS PATENT WAS NOT AWARDED. It is a published patent application, which is in no way shape or form the same thing. You're just trolling for pageviews if you leave this up at this point. Posted by thesimulacra (13 comments )

--- The link provided with "Google last week was awarded a patent it filed for back in 2010 that describes a manner..." is a US Patent Application PUBLICATION. It is not a PATENT yet. The status is "Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination", which said clearly it is not examined yet.

--- This isn't the first time CNET has done this. To the author of this article: you are misleading everyone who doesn't know anything about patents when you write a story like this. GOOGLE HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED ANYTHING by this publication. (Almost) All patent patent applications automatically publish 18 months after they are filed, regardless of what they disclose and claim. I could file an application that claims "a paperclip" and it would publish just like the Google application has here. That says nothing about whether it will be ISSUED to grant any rights to me.

The application (which has now published for the public to inspect) is pending examination, as noted above. It hasn't been examined and therefore has not yet been subjected to rejection by the Patent & Trademark Office.