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Key for an input device

Granted 27 Jan 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: Microsoft Corporation

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Inventors: Carl J. Ledbetter, Tucker Fort, Pasquale DeMaio, Tim Kennedy +4 · Examiner: Freda S Nunn · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/319,086
filed 3 Jun 2008
Publication
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US D585451
granted 27 Jan 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a key showing our design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the key; and,

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the key, the left side view being a mirror image thereof.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/456

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Examiner
Freda S Nunn
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