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 364,150 (USD364150S)

A patent drawing depicting Lenovo's Personal computer from a front-right perspective

Priority 14 Oct 1993

Applied 12 Apr 1994

Published 14 Nov 1995

Expired 14 Nov 2009

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Name	Personal computer
Inventors	Nariaki Mieki
Assignees	Lenovo (Singapore)
Description	An ornamental design appearing to depict an IBM Personal System/55 5535-ZAD personal computer and its Model M6 keyboard assembly.

U.S. Design Patent 379,803 (USD379803S)

A patent drawing depicting Lenovo's Portable computer from a front-on perspective

Priority 31 Aug 1994

Applied 28 Feb 1995

Published 10 Jun 1997

Expired 10 Jun 2011

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Name	Portable computer
Inventors	Nariaki Mieki
Assignees	Lenovo (Singapore)
Description	An ornamental design appearing to depict the IBM Power Laptop EWS laptop computer.