U.S. patent number D381,016 [Application Number D/052,741] was granted by the patent office on 1997-07-15 for palm rest portion for a keyboard. This patent grant is currently assigned to Microsoft Corporation. Invention is credited to Thomas E. Davies, Jr., Jan Hippen, Steven T. Kaneko, Mike M. Paull, Penelope Cheng Yao.
United States Patent | D381,016 |
Paull , et al. | July 15, 1997 |
Inventors: | Paull; Mike M. (Seattle, WA), Kaneko; Steven T. (Seattle, WA), Davies, Jr.; Thomas E. (Snohomish, WA), Hippen; Jan (Potland, OR), Yao; Penelope Cheng (Potland, OR) |
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Assignee: | Microsoft Corporation (Redmond,
WA) |
Appl. No.: | D/052,741 |
Filed: | March 28, 1996 |
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Current U.S. Class: | D14/461 |
Current International Class: | 1402 |
Field of Search: | ;D14/100,101,106,115,114 ;D18/1,7 ;235/145A,145R ;200/5A,5R,6A,6R ;345/168 ;364/708.1 |
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