Keypad Patents (Class D14/247)
  • Casing
    Patent number: 7330743
    Abstract: A casing for a portable communication device having an operating face comprising a fragile input region providing recesses for operation of respective user input elements and a protection arrangement protruding beyond the fragile input region having an external profile that provides a plurality of contact points defining a contact plane such that when placed face downwards on a generally planar surface, the fragile region is spaced therefrom and impulses received on contact between the generally planar surface and the operating face are substantially dissipated away from the fragile region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Vertu Limited
    Inventors: Mark Hutchison, Michael Hague
  • Cell phone keypad
    Patent number: D538274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventor: Anthony Gray
  • Cell phone keypad
    Patent number: D538275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventor: Hsin Chen Tien
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D538796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Anton Fahlgren
  • Security network handset controls
    Patent number: D538797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: InGrid, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis A. Stilp, Larry V. Dodds, Fred Siegel, Klaus Rosburg
  • Key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D539791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Jong William Sheu
  • Actuator for a portable electronic device
    Patent number: D542285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel G. O'Neil, Carl J. Ledbetter, Kabir Siddiqui
  • Key button area for a communicator
    Patent number: D543198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Hering
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D543199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pekka Majanen, Todd Wood
  • Set of key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D544473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Petteri Kolinen, Matti Koivisto
  • Key configuration for a handset
    Patent number: D544474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine Sayim Kim, Hok-Sum Horace Luke, Kabir Siddiqui
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D544858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Justin Lyles
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D549699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth Bower
  • Portable phone
    Patent number: D550219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas J. Chintala, Clifton E. Scott, Gregory Paul Heinzinger, Jason C. Baron, Mark R. Gartz, Paul Barnier, Scott R. Semenik, Kam Cheong Anthony Tsoi
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D550220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Justin Lyles
  • Key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D550661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Anton Fahlgren
  • Portion of a remote controller
    Patent number: D552599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: OpenPeak Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Krzyzanowski, Justin Flores
  • User interface
    Patent number: D554632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Woodley, Ignacio Germade, Nicholas A. Jinkinson
  • User interface
    Patent number: D554633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheol Woo Park, Ruben D. Castano, Steve C. Emmert, Paul M. Pierce, Mark D. Zaveson
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D555642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ingve Holmung, Anthony Dalby
  • Portion of a handset
    Patent number: D555643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Arbisi
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D556191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • Keypad
    Patent number: D558744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Richard John Dombrowski, Christopher Arnholt, Floris H. Keizer
  • User interface
    Patent number: D558745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Yew (Marcus) Hiong Heng, Christopher A. Arnholt, Ignacio Germade, Bee Lay Khoo, Ee (Steven) Fong Lee, Nicholas Woodley
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D559235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Shiho Nakajima
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D559236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Wu Wenming
  • Keypad
    Patent number: D559842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard John Dombrowski, Christopher Arnholt, Steven Clark Emmert, Floris H. Keizer
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D560215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Di, William Yau, Antti Kujala
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D560659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Matti Juhani Ruohonen, Anthony Dalby
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D561751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Ilkka Husgafvel
  • User interface
    Patent number: D563400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Arnholt, Jason E. Jordan, Frank H. Stone, Tim Sutherland
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D564503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Shiho Nakajima, Robert Shepherd
  • Set of buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D564504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Justin Lyles
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D564505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Moss, Mikko Aarras, Anthony Dalby, Daniel Gratiot
  • Portable phone
    Patent number: D565038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Jin Lee, Sang-Min Hyun, Chang-Soo Lee
  • Set of key buttons arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D565039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Janne Loiske, Valtteri Eroma
  • Keypad of a portable telephone
    Patent number: D566110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum-Soo Park, Jong-Seong Lee, Chang-Hwan Hwang
  • Combination of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D566699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Mitchell, Duncan Burns
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D566700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Pitt
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D567809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Aaron Moss
  • Control and display combination for a phone
    Patent number: D568305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Udagawa, Sigrid Moeslinger
  • Portable phone
    Patent number: D568879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Sook Kim, Yoon-Young Cho, Chang-Hwan Hwang
  • Set of keys for a handset
    Patent number: D568880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ilkka Husgafvel, Kenneth Bower
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D569857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Di, William Yau, Antti Kujala
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D569858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Wei He
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D569859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Frank Nuovo
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D569860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Valérie Pegon, Tanja Fisher, Tej Chauhan, Totti Helin, Dimitre J. Mehandjiysky, Grace Boicel
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D570339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Dimitre D. Mehandjiysky, Kenneth Bower, Anthony Cruz, Tom Travis
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D570341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie Cobb, John-Rhys Newman
  • Keypad for a communication device
    Patent number: D570342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Arnholt, Frank H. Stone, Tim J. Sutherland, Gary R. Weiss