Keyboard Patents

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A gallery of patents that describe technologies or illustrate designs relating to IBM and family keyboards, typewriters and keypunches. This includes keyswitch/actuator designs, ornamental designs (overall appearance), integrated pointing devices such as TrackPoints, and host systems such as PCs, laptops, terminals, consoles and electronic typewriters. All illustrations provided are from the patents themselves, which are believed to be within the public domain. A total of 112 patents have been recorded. The patent list is currently filtered to 6 patent(s).

U.S. Design Patent 232,126 (USD232126S)

A patent diagram depicting IBM's teller station from a front-left perspective

Applied 14 Jun 1973

Published 16 Jul 1974

Expired ~1988

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Name	Teller station
Inventors	Ronald I. Conway, Robert V. Jones, David L. Schaum
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 3604 Model 1 or 2 Keyboard Display with Numeric/Data Entry Keyboard (Model B).

U.S. Design Patent 232,945 (USD232945S)

Applied 14 Jun 1973

Published 24 Sep 1974

Expired ~1988

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Name	Teller station
Inventors	Ronald I. Conway, Robert V. Jones, David L. Schaum
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 3604 Model 2 Keyboard Display with Alphanumeric Keyboard (Model B).

U.S. Design Patent 244,386 (USD244386S)

A patent drawing of IBM's Financial services terminal from a front-right perspective

Applied 9 Jun 1975

Published 17 May 1977

Expired 17 May 1991

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Name	Financial services terminal
Inventors	David L. Schaum, John V. Stram
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 3608 Printing Financial Services Terminal.

U.S. Design Patent 308,360 (USD308360S)

Applied 13 Feb 1987

Published 5 Jun 1990

Expired 5 Jun 2004

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Name	Information entry keyboard or the like
Inventors	David L. Schaum
Assignees	IBM Information Products
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 104-key Quiet Touch Keyboard (Model 1B).

U.S. Design Patent 311,913 (USD311913S)

Applied 22 Apr 1987

Published 6 Nov 1990

Expired 6 Nov 2004

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Name	Keycap
Inventors	David L. Schaum
Assignees	IBM, IBM Information Products
Description	An ornamental design depicting the windowed keycap design used on IBM 6094-020 Lighted Program Function Keyboards.

U.S. Design Patent 308,855 (USD308855S)

Applied 23 Apr 1987

Published 26 Jun 1990

Expired 26 Jun 2004

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Name	Program function keyboard
Inventors	David L. Schaum
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting what seems to be an IBM 6094-020 Lighted Program Function Keyboard.