G06F 2203/04801
Cursor retrieval aid, i.e. visual aspect modification, blinking, colour changes, enlargement or
Official title: Cursor retrieval aid, i.e. visual aspect modification, blinking, colour changes, enlargement or other visual cues, for helping user do find the cursor in graphical user interfaces
G06F2203/04801 (Cursor retrieval aid, i.e. visual aspect modification, blinking, colour changes, enlargement or) appears on 193 US grants and 246 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for displaying an animated focus item640US 5,687,331 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1997
- Integrated keyboard and pointing device system with automatic mode change179US 5,189,403 AHome Row, Inc. · 1993
- Method of selecting a displayed control item165US 5,805,165 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1998
- Gaze-assisted computer interface119US 8,793,620 B2Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. · 2014
- Method and apparatus for locating a cursor on a computer screen113US 5,473,343 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1995