G06F 3/0202
Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
Official title: {Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device}
G06F3/0202 (Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device) appears on 5,147 US grants and 5,955 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 3/0219Special purpose keyboards1,504
- G06F 3/021Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard1,062
- G06F 3/0221Arrangements for reducing keyboard size for transport or storage407
- G06F 3/0216Arrangements for ergonomically adjusting the disposition of keys of a keyboard267
- G06F 3/0208Arrangements for adjusting the tilt angle of a keyboard159
- G06F 3/0224Key guide holders64
- G06F 3/0205Lever arrangements for operating keyboard cursor control keys in a joystick-like manner48
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Human-machine dialog system979US 9,411,370 B2Schneider Electric Industries SAS · 2016
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- Reduced keyboard disambiguating computer629US 5,818,437 ATegic Communications, Inc. · 1998
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- Mobile device having hybrid keypad506US 8,781,520 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014