Bootstrap Institute
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June 24, 2003
U.S. Patents
held by Douglas C. Engelbart 2
The computer mouse, invented in
1963-64, was patented as an X-Y position indicator in 1970. The mouse
was the last of his pioneering firsts to be patented. Engelbart's
subsequent inventions were largely in software, which was not patentable
at the time. 2A
08/12/58 2,847,603 Glow discharge
device. 2B
08/12/58 2,847,615 Memory device.
2C
01/13/59 2,869,036 Glow discharge
device. 2D
02/02/60 2,923,853 Electric discharge
device. 2E
02/16/60 2,925,530 Luminous display
device. 2F
05/17/60 2,937,317 Glow discharge
devices. 2G
05/10/60 2,936,445 Multiple-setting
magnetic core circuits.
Inventors: David R. Bennion and Douglas C. Engelbart.
2H
02/07/61 2,971,123 Electronic discharge
device. 2I
05/16/61 2,984,765 Electric controlled
information bearing device. 2J
11/14/61 3,009,136 Flux-doubling in
magnetic cores.
Inventors: David R. Bennion, Douglas C. Engelbart, and E. K. Van De
Riet. 2K
03/26/63 3,083,355 Magnetic logic
device. 2L
11/19/63 3,111,588 Combined synthetic
and multiaperture magnetic-core system. 2M
11/26/63 3,112,409 Combined synthetic
and multiaperture magnetic-core system. 2N
07/07/64 3,140,402 Magnetic-core logic
circuits. 2O
12/29/64 3,163,854 Magnetic flux
transfer in core systems. 2P
07/13/65 3,195,117 Bipolar magnetic
core circuit. 2Q
09/21/65 3,208,052 Bidirectional shift
register utilizing flux pumping.
Inventors: Douglas C. Engelbart and David R. Bennion.
2R
01/11/66 3,229,267 Magnetic core
device.
Inventors: Douglas C. Engelbart and Lawrence G. Wiley.
2S
12/13/66 3,292,163 Magnetic-core logic
circuits. 2T
03/26/68 3,375,505 Magnetic flux
transfer in core systems. 2U
11/17/70 3,541,541 X-Y Position indicator
for a display system. 2V
A copy of the patent for the x-y position
indicator, a.k.a., the first computer mouse, is found on the MouseSite
at Stanford University (Go to heading " Images of First Mouse and
U.S. Patent on the Computer Mouse 21 June 1967 "). 2V2
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