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 4 patent(s).

U.S. Design Patent 228,460 (USD228460S)

A patent drawing of IBM's combined keyboard input terminal and output display terminal therefor from a front-left perspective

Applied 31 Mar 1971

Published 25 Sep 1973

Expired ~1987

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Name	Combined keyboard input terminal and output display terminal therefor
Inventors	Ronald I. Conway, Robert V. Jones, James J. La Due, John J. Natoli
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 3277 Model 1 Display Station with a 327X-66 type Model A keyboard. The keyboard design has extra keys and slightly different unit sizing compared to the production version.

U.S. Design Patent 227,256 (USD227256S)

Applied 1 Apr 1971

Published 12 Jun 1973

Expired ~1987

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Name	Combined keyboard input terminal and output display terminal therefor
Inventors	Ronald I. Conway, Robert V. Jones, James J. La Due, John J. Natoli
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 3275 Model 2 Display Station with a 327X-78 type Model A keyboard. The keyboard design has extra keys and slightly different unit sizing compared to the production version.

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).