G06F 3/0213
Arrangements providing an integrated pointing device in a keyboard
Official title: {Arrangements providing an integrated pointing device in a keyboard, e.g. trackball, mini-joystick (for pointing devices integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/169; joysticks G05G9/047; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033)}
G06F3/0213 (Arrangements providing an integrated pointing device in a keyboard) appears on 605 US grants and 601 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and method for a thin capacitive split keyboard stack including a light-emitting diode (LED) layer and light guide for an information handling system11 Aug 2026US 12,704,931 B1Dell Products L. P.
- Keyboard4 Aug 2026US 12,699,486 B2Clevetura LTD
- Japanese pc keyboard and gaming keyboard8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310307 A1
- Information processing system, one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299706 A1Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Device having integrated interface system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277330 A1Apple Inc.
- Input device including trackpad9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195003 A1Apple Inc.
- Keyboard30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118992 A1Clevetura LTD
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