IP Library Granted Patent US 1,085,099
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US 1,085,099 · App. 29/864,119 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Thumb support for a mouse

Inventors: John Helmes (Limburg, NL); Aditha May Adams (Seattle, WA); Simon Cameron Dearsley (Bellevue, WA); Go Osaki (Shenzhen, CN); Hongshan Sun (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
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Patent No.
US 1,085,099
App. No.
29/864,119
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a thumb support for a mouse as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: HELMES, JOHN; ADAMS, ADITHA MAY; DEARSLEY, SIMON CAMERON; OSAKI, GO; SUN, HONGSHAN
To: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
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