Patents by Inventor Edmund Osterland

Edmund Osterland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4119839
    Abstract: In order to adapt a general-purpose calculator to specific tasks, the keyboard of that calculator is covered by a mask including a resilient membrane overlain by a rigid panel having cutouts registering with keys whose function is to be preserved. The cutouts receive extension keys glued or otherwise fastened to the membrane, depression of any extension key operating the underlying original key. The functions of the operative keys can be modified, in accordance with the contemplated use, by insertion of a stored-program cassette associated with the particular mask employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: W & G Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Uwe L. Beckmann, Edmund Osterland