G06F 3/0219
Special purpose keyboards
Official title: {Special purpose keyboards}
G06F3/0219 (Special purpose keyboards) appears on 1,504 US grants and 1,694 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,504
- Published applications
- 1,694
- Assignees
- 601
- Inventors
- 2,956
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 33 | 38 |
| 2026 | 27 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for orchestrating user interaction illumination of adaptive capacitive sensor pads based on a current usage input mode at a capacitive split contactless keyboard6 Oct 2026US 12,754,618 B1Dell Products L. P.
- Dynamic code resequencing for external input6 Oct 2026US 12,754,619 B1Google Inc.
- Keyboard with universal smart key switch adaptor8 Sep 2026US 12,730,520 B2Logitech Europe S. A.
- Input method editor for remote applications25 Aug 2026US 12,717,423 B2
- Artificial reality collaborative working environments25 Aug 2026US 12,719,882 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Japanese pc keyboard and gaming keyboard8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310307 A1
- Spi keyboard module for a parking meter and a parking meter having an spi keyboard module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310308 A1J. J. Mackay Canada Limited
- Input device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290722 A1Yamaha Corporation
- Notebook computer and keyboard control method thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211510 A1ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
- Dynamic message board and light bar controller and method for control18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167097 A1Actus Manufacturing Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reduced keyboard disambiguating computer629US 5,818,437 ATegic Communications, Inc. · 1998
- Mobile device having hybrid keypad506US 8,781,520 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Force feedback mouse wheel and other control wheels473US 6,128,006 AImmersion Corporation · 2000
- Hand held remote control device with trigger button470US 5,724,106 AGateway 2000, Inc. · 1998
- Haptic feedback effects for control, knobs and other interface devices464US 6,636,197 B1Immersion Corporation · 2003