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The Computer Mouse — Invented 30 Years Before Anyone Cared
Douglas Engelbart's 1970 mouse patent at SRI describes the x-y position indicator he demonstrated in the 'Mother of All Demos' in 1968 — a pointing device that would sit unused in patents for 15 years before Apple made it mainstream.