ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,277, issued on April 15, was assigned to Arithme Type LLC (North Oaks, Minn.).
"Universal keyboard" was invented by Shannon Canas (North Oaks, Minn.) and Shawn McClintock (Dazey, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dedicated-subject universal keyboard simplifies symbol entry by grouping numbers, common letters, operations, symbols, and special characters for use with any operating system or device."
The patent was filed on March 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/599,535.
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