Computer mouse patent by Douglas Engelbart | Techday, November 17th
On this TECHDAY in history, on November 17th 1970, Douglas Engelbart was assigned the patent (No. 3,541,541) for his invention of the “X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System”, also known as the “computer mouse”, because of the resemblance of its cord to a mouse’s tail. Although the device’s prototype originated back in 1964, it wasn’t demonstrated until 1968. It didn’t accompany a commercial computer until 1981. The computer mouse became widely popular after its association with Apple’s Macintosh in 1984. Nowadays, some type of mouse is suitable for almost every computer around the world.
The patent for the computer mouse has since expired, and the design is now in the public domain. However, the patent did play an important role in the development of the mouse and in the widespread adoption of the device as an input device for computers. Engelbart’s patent helped to establish the basic design of the mouse, which has been used in virtually every mouse since then.
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