U.S. patent number D524,803 [Application Number D/236,567] was granted by the patent office on 2006-07-11 for keyboard for a handheld communication device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Research in Motion Limited. Invention is credited to Cortez Corley, Frank Tyneski.
United States Patent | D524,803 |
Tyneski , et al. | July 11, 2006 |
Inventors: | Tyneski; Frank (Kitchener, CA), Corley; Cortez (Waterloo, CA) |
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Assignee: | Research in Motion Limited
(CA) |
Appl. No.: | D/236,567 |
Filed: | August 18, 2005 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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29205518 | May 17, 2004 | ||||
Current U.S. Class: | D14/247; D14/455 |
Current International Class: | 1403 |
Field of Search: | ;D14/137,138,147-148,247-248,144,390,391,399,341-347 ;379/433.01-433.13,434,368 ;455/550.1-90.3,575.3,566,575.1,575.4,575.6,556.1,556.2 ;D21/517,329,331,333 ;345/169,168 ;400/486 ;D13/168 |
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