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Cellular telephone, personal digital assistant and pager unit

Patent 6542721 Issued on April 1, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 1, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 846789 filed on 05/01/2001

Examiners

Primary: Hunter, Daniel S.
Assistant: Corsaro, Nick

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0776140 EP. 05/11/1997
  • 0873031 EP. 10/11/1998
  • 00022670 JP. 01/11/2012
  • 10187797 JP. 01/11/2012
  • WO 00/49731 WO. 08/11/2012
  • WO 00/69151 WO. 11/11/2012
  • WO 01/13204 WO. 02/11/2012
  • WO 01/13222 WO. 02/11/2012
  • WO 01/13605 WO. 02/11/2012
  • WO 01/77786 WO. 10/11/2012
  • WO 01/77817 WO. 10/11/2012

International Class

H04Q 007/32

Abstract

The handheld personal electronic device has a first body having a display, a second body having a plurality of manual inputs, the second body capable of attachment to the first body, the personal electronic device having an open position wherein the display of the first body and the manual inputs of the second body are accessibly exposed. And, the personal electronic device having a closed position wherein the display of the first body is protected by the second body and the manual inputs of the second body are accessibly exposed.

Other References

  • Article entitled, "Your Next Cellphone," by Suzanne Kantra Kirschner, pp. 55-58, Popular Science, Apr. 2001
  • Article entitled, "Wireless Future Sizzles," by Keith Darce, The Times-Picayne, Sep. 26, 1999
  • Article entitled, "5th International Conference on Wearable Computing" by Rick Johnson, Pen Computing Magazine, Aug. 2000
  • Article entitled Handhelds That do It All, by Larry Armstrong, Business Week, Feb. 12, 200
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