Patents by Inventor Gery G. Kotthoff

Gery G. Kotthoff 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: 7433933
    Abstract: A computer input device is described as being in the general form of a computer mouse with standard computer mouse functions in addition to having the capability of allowing the user of the computer input device to access a vendor's Internet web page, domain name, or URL address by actuating a switch on the computer mouse. The a vendor's Internet web page, domain name, or URL address may be preprogrammed into a computer ship in the computer mouse. In other embodiments of the computer input device, the form and shape of the computer input device relate in some way the vendor's products of services. The Internet web page, domain name, or URL address may be controlled and maintained by the vendor or by an intermediate advertising service such that different information about the vendor's products or services may be provide to the user of the computer input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventors: Gery G. Kotthoff, Jonathan D. Kotthoff