IP Library Granted Patent US 5,990,871
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US 5,990,871 · App. 08/422,484

Ergonomic pointing device

Inventors: Aditha May Adams, Steven T. Kaneko, Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen, Christopher G. Alviar, Dick C. K. Liu, Dana Kim, Bridget Cameron Greenberg
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Granted: Nov 23, 1999 Filed: Apr 12, 1995
Inventors
Aditha May Adams
Steven T. Kaneko
Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen
Christopher G. Alviar
Dick C. K. Liu
Dana Kim
Bridget Cameron Greenberg
Assignee (at issue)
Microsoft Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,990,871
App. No.
08/422,484
Filed
1995-04-12
Granted
1999-11-23
Kind
A