ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,081, issued on March 25.
"Non-standard keyboard input system" was invented by John Walter Downey (Fairfax, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including a scroll wheel. The apparatus includes a rotary encoder with detents. The apparatus includes a spring. The apparatus includes a switch."
The patent was filed on Dec. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/395,580.
*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=12260081&OS=12260081&RS=12260081
Disclaimer: ...