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US 3541541

How Douglas Engelbart Invented the Computer Mouse

The 1970 patent for the X-Y position indicator, better known as the computer mouse, which allowed users to move a cursor across a screen for the first time.

Statusexpired

Granted1970

Expires1987

Claims0

Forward citations162

Prior art3

AssigneeStanford Research Institute

InventorsDouglas C Engelbart

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