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 1 patent(s).

U.S. Design Patent 290,360 (USD290360S)

Applied 20 Jun 1984

Published 16 Jun 1987

Expired 16 Jun 2001

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Name	Keyboard for a personal computer
Inventors	Thomas A. Anzelone, Raymond F. Cotton, Myron F. Davis, Pedro D. del Sol, Robert M. Ewart, Jr., Frederick E. Goetz
Assignees	IBM Information Products
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM Personal Computer AT Keyboard (Model F).