{
  "patent_number": "US 207559",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How the QWERTY Keyboard Layout Was Originally Designed",
  "original_title": "Improvement in type-writing machines",
  "summary": "An 1878 patent by Christopher Latham Sholes that helped standardize the keyboard layout we still use on computers and phones today.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes mechanical improvements to early typewriters to prevent type bars from jamming. By arranging the keys in a specific layout, it separated frequently used letter pairs so that the physical metal arms would not collide during rapid typing. It established the mechanical foundation for the QWERTY arrangement, which remains the global standard for text input.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover electronic or virtual keyboards found on modern touchscreens.",
    "Does not cover the specific software algorithms used for predictive text or autocorrect.",
    "Does not cover non-mechanical input methods like voice recognition or gesture typing."
  ],
  "filed": null,
  "granted": "1878-08-27",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Christopher Latham Sholes",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/christopher-latham-sholes",
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 7,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "mechanical"
  ],
  "abstract": null,
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/207559/qwerty-typewriter-sholes",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/207559/qwerty-typewriter-sholes/md",
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