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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:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Wing Kong Low, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian H. Berkeley, Saratoga, CA (US);
Benjamin Bendix Lyon, Kensington, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wing Kong Low, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian H. Berkeley, Saratoga, CA (US);
Benjamin Bendix Lyon, Kensington, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A peripheral input device for controlling movements on a display screen. The peripheral input device includes a housing and an optical touch pad carried by the housing. The optical touch pad is configured to translate finger motion into movements on the display screen.