IP Library Granted Patent US 5,602,996
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US 5,602,996 · App. 08/483,994

Method and apparatus for determining window order when one of multiple displayed windows is selected

Inventors: John Powers, III, James E. Palmer, Patricia J. Coleman, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran
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Granted: Feb 11, 1997 Filed: Jun 7, 1995
Inventors
John Powers, III
James E. Palmer
Patricia J. Coleman
Jeffrey A. Herman
Eli Cochran
Assignee (at issue)
Apple Computer Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,602,996
App. No.
08/483,994
Filed
1995-06-07
Granted
1997-02-11
Kind
A