Key Patents (Class D14/456)
  • Moveable control element for a keyboard
    Patent number: D507796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Seiya Ohta
  • Key for computer keyboard
    Patent number: D444152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventors: Keith P. Levey, Elisa D. Syken
  • Set of keys for a computer keyboard
    Patent number: D444475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventors: Keith P. Levey, Elisa D. Syken
  • Function key for a communicator
    Patent number: D448386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
    Inventor: Panu M. P. Johansson
  • Key switch
    Patent number: D514584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Ergodex, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Summit, Michael S. Roberts
  • Actuator for a portable electronic device
    Patent number: D516565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel G. O'Neil, Carl J. Ledbetter, Kabir Siddiqui
  • Keyboard for handheld device
    Patent number: D525263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C Hawkins, Peter N Skillman, Phillip Hobson, David Hoenig, Cathal Loughnane
  • Key for a computer keyboard
    Patent number: D525980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Jui Wang, Yung-Chuan Ma
  • Portion of a portable phone
    Patent number: D529488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoshi Uchida
  • Key configuration for an input device
    Patent number: D537830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Felix Grabes, Daniel G. O'Neil, Steven W. Fisher, Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen
  • Key configuration for an input device
    Patent number: D537831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Mircosoft Corporation
    Inventors: Philipp Steiner, Daniel G. O'Neil
  • Depressible key for a keyboard
    Patent number: D467932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory G. Jones
  • Keypad
    Patent number: D469108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventor: Philip Lorenzo
  • Key configuration for a keyboard
    Patent number: D470854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory G. Jones, Carl J. Ledbetter
  • 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
  • Data input and output device
    Patent number: D471201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventor: Masabumi Tsukuda
  • Input key
    Patent number: D472557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kadota
  • Input controls for an electronic navigation instrument
    Patent number: D474478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: David Laverick, John B. Whiteside
  • Key configuration for an input device
    Patent number: D550225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen, Daniel G. O'Neil, Steven W. Fisher, Oliver Felix Grabes
  • Keyboard with access buttons
    Patent number: D476013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Tabasso, Denis Pavillard, John Skeehan, Keith John Tritschler
  • Key configuration for an input device
    Patent number: D551238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel G. O'Neil, Young Soo Kim, Jacob Fleisher
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D481735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Alphaboard, LLC
    Inventors: Leone Marucci, Bartholomew G. Yukich
  • Control buttons for video game controller
    Patent number: D566121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Inventors: Raymond Yow, Hong Lip Yow
  • Key for input device
    Patent number: D570357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Pasquale DeMaio, Isabelo V. de los Reyes, Steven T. Kaneko, Carl J. Ledbetter, Gregory G. Jones, Tucker Fort, Tim Kennedy, Courtney Smith
  • Keypad button array
    Patent number: D570856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventor: George Forester
  • Alphabetically-arranged key faces of a keyboard
    Patent number: D490816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: John K. Sokolowski
  • Set of keys for a keyboard
    Patent number: D434775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: Hsin C. Tien