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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chang Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dayu Qu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Golnaz Abdollahian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ray L. Chang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Buckmaster, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/021 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a multifunction input device, such as, a keyboard. The multifunction input device has a capacitive sensing layer that enables a user to use the multifunction input device as standard keyboard and also as a touch sensitive surface such as, for example, a trackpad.