G06F 3/0221
Arrangements for reducing keyboard size for transport or storage
Official title: {Arrangements for reducing keyboard size for transport or storage, e.g. foldable keyboards, keyboards with collapsible keys (G06F3/0216 takes precedence; for keyboards integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/1666)}
G06F3/0221 (Arrangements for reducing keyboard size for transport or storage) appears on 407 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tactile input device for a touch screen8 Sep 2026US 12,727,665 B2Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Apparatus2 Jun 2026US 12,645,298 B2Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
- Keyboard assembly24 Mar 2026US 12,585,338 B2
- Wearable keyboard for electronic devices17 Feb 2026US 12,554,336 B2
- Electronic device protective case and electronic device assembly14 Oct 2025US 12,443,241 B2Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Foldable devices with expanding housings24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288210 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Mobile device accessory1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006119 A1Duplicent, LLC
- Mobile device controller systems and methods for interacting with client applications21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262531 A1Skillz Platform Inc.
- Electronic device protective case and electronic device assembly13 Mar 2025US 2025/0085747 A1Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Keyboard assembly17 Oct 2024US 2024/0345663 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for entering data using a virtual input device411US 6,614,422 B1Canesta, Inc. · 2003
- Methods for enhancing performance and data acquired from three-dimensional image systems331US 6,512,838 B1Canesta, Inc. · 2003
- Quasi-three-dimensional method and apparatus to detect and localize interaction of user-object and virtual transfer device320US 6,710,770 B2Canesta, Inc. · 2004
- Ergonomic keyboard apparatus269US 5,689,253 AKinesis Corporation · 1997
- Mobile electronic device255US 7,102,620 B2Sierra Wireless, Inc. · 2006