The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2008
David Franklin Dehaan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Randy Clark Inch, Tucson, AZ (US);
Carlos Jacobo Lujan, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Franklin Dehaan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Randy Clark Inch, Tucson, AZ (US);
Carlos Jacobo Lujan, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture, such as a laptop computer, comprising a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, a computer readable medium disposed within the housing and in communication with the processor, a lock mechanism disposed within the housing, wherein the lock mechanism can be moved between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, and computer readable program code encoded in the computer readable medium and useable with the processor, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect moving the lock mechanism between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration.