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 8 patent(s).

U.S. Design Patent 160,139 (USD160139S)

A patent drawing of IBM's typewriter from a front-right perspective

Applied 8 Jan 1949

Published 19 Sep 1950

Expired ~1964

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Name	Typewriter
Inventors	Norman B. Geddes, Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM Model A Electric Typewriter.

U.S. Design Patent 192,829 (USD192829S)

A patent drawing of IBM's typewriter or the like from a front-right perspective

Applied 21 Apr 1961

Published 15 May 1962

Expired ~1976

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Name	Typewriter
Inventors	Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an original IBM Selectric electric typewriter.

U.S. Design Patent 194,856 (USD194856S)

A patent diagram of IBM's Intelligence transmitter and receiver from a front-left perspective

Applied 16 Jun 1961

Published 19 Mar 1963

Expired ~1977

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Name	Intelligence transmitter and receiver
Inventors	Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM Selectric I/O Keyboard Printer.

U.S. Design Patent 206,467 (USD206467S)

A patent drawing of IBM's typewriter or the like from a front-on perspective

Applied 1 Dec 1965

Published 13 Dec 1966

Expired ~1980

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Name	Typewriter or the like
Inventors	Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM Selectric Composer phototypesetting electric typewriter.

U.S. Design Patent 207,978 (USD207978S)

A patent drawing depicting IBM's typewriter or the like from a front-left perspective

Applied 2 Nov 1966

Published 20 Jun 1967

Expired ~1981

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Name	Typewriter or the like
Inventors	Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting the (believed to be unreleased) IBM Portable Typewriter.

U.S. Design Patent 215,938 (USD215938S)

A patent diagram depicting IBM's magnetic card reader-recorder or similar article from a front-right perspective

Applied 16 Dec 1968

Published 11 Nov 1969

Expired ~1983

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Name	Control console
Inventors	Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an original IBM Mag Card Unit for various IBM Mag Card Selectric Typewriters (specifically contemporary with IBM Mag Card I Typewriter).

U.S. Design Patent 217,106 (USD217106S)

A patent drawing of IBM's typewriter or the like from a front-left perspective

Applied 30 Dec 1968

Published 7 Apr 1970

Expired ~1984

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Name	Typewriter or the like
Inventors	Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM Selectric II electric typewriter.

U.S. Design Patent 234,302 (USD234302S)

Applied 16 Apr 1973

Published 11 Feb 1975

Expired ~1989

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Name	Magnetic card reader-recorder or similar article
Inventors	Eliot F. Noyes
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting a revised IBM Mag Card Unit for various IBM Mag Card Selectric Typewriters (specifically contemporary with IBM Mag Card II Typewriter).