U.S. patent number D386,167 [Application Number D/005,107] was granted by the patent office on 1997-11-11 for agent icon for a display screen of a programmed computer system. This patent grant is currently assigned to Sun Microsystems, Inc.. Invention is credited to Edward H. Frank, James Gosling, David A. LaVallee, Patrick J. Naughton, Joseph M. Palrang, R. Michael Sheridan, Christopher S. Warth.
United States Patent | D386,167 |
Naughton , et al. | November 11, 1997 |
Inventors: | Naughton; Patrick J. (Palo Alto, CA), LaVallee; David A. (Palo Alto, CA), Warth; Christopher S. (San Francisco, CA), Gosling; James (Woodside, CA), Frank; Edward H. (Portola Valley, CA), Sheridan; R. Michael (Mountain View, CA), Palrang; Joseph M. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
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Assignee: | Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Mountain View, CA) |
Appl. No.: | D/005,107 |
Filed: | February 23, 1993 |
Current U.S. Class: | D14/494 |
Current International Class: | 1499 |
Field of Search: | ;D14/114 ;D18/24,27 ;D21/13,14,24 ;D19/6 ;D11/95,99,104,132,133,165,172 ;395/155,157,159 |
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