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 145 patents have been recorded. The patent list is currently filtered to 2 patent(s).

U.S. Design Patent 303,521 (USD303521S)

A patent drawing of IBM's Data entry & display with magnetic stripe reader from a front-right perspective

Applied 26 Jun 1986

Published 19 Sep 1989

Expired 19 Sep 2003

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Name	Data entry & display
Inventors	Dino M. Savio, Joseph F. Talerico
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design appearing to depict an IBM 7525 Data Collection Terminal.

U.S. Design Patent 332,945 (USD332945S)

A patent drawing of IBM's Cursor control for computer from a rear-right perspective

Applied 22 May 1991

Published 2 Feb 1993

Expired 2 Feb 2007

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Name	Portable data terminal
Inventors	Dino M. Savio
Assignees	Lenovo (Singapore)
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 9075 PCradio wireless communications notebook computer.