Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Composite desktop on a computer display screen D427607 Composite desktop on a computer display screen Patent Drawings: Inventor: Faris, et al. Date Issued: July 4, 2000 Application: D/087,660 Filed: May 7, 1998 Inventors: Faris; James P. (Santa Cruz, CA) Tycz; Jeffrey E. (Sunnyvale, CA) Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) Primary Examiner: Tung; M. H. Assistant Examiner: Attorney Or Agent: Workman; Helene Plotka U.S. Class: D14/486 Field Of Search: D14/114; D14/114.1; D18/24; D18/25; D18/26; D18/27; D18/28; D18/29; D18/30; D18/31; D18/32; D18/33; D20/11; D19/6; 345/326 International Class: U.S Patent Documents: D296114; D296339; D297243; D387750; D388776; D402284; D404385; 4899136; 5140677; 5202828; 5237648; 5241624; 5263134; 5287448; 5287514; 5299307; 5327529; 5371844; 5388202; 5396621; 5410681; 5450539; 5450540; 5452406; 5455858; 5467448; 5469540; 5481735; 5488685; 5497422; 5513306; 5537529; 5555357; 5559942; 5566295; 5572582; 5598524; 5600774; 5600778; 5603034; 5603053; 5615347; 5621876; 5621878; 5634100; 5634102; 5640537; 5644334; 5652714; 5652876; 5703627 Foreign Patent Documents: 0650114 Other References: "Building User Interfaces by Direct Manipulation," Cardelli, Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on User Interface Software, ACM Press,1988, pp. 152-166.. "Macintosh Graphics", New American Library, 1985, pp. 49-50, 107-108.. "Apple Human Interface Guidelines: The Apple Desktop Interface," Addison-Wesley Publishing, Co., 1992, pp. 20-27, 40-48, 65-73, and 87-88.. Inside Macintosh, vol. 1, 1985, pp. 272-274, 297-300.. Microsoft Windows 3.1 User's Guide, Microsoft, windows pp. 3, 14, 22, 48, 1992.. Mastering WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows, Cybex, window p. 1066, 1992.. Excel Quickstart Guide, Que Corp., windows shown in p. 62, 1985.. Abstract: Claim: The ornamental design for a composite desktop on a computer display screen, as shown and described. Description: The File of this patent contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Patent and Trademark Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee. FIG. 1 is a front view of a composite desktop on a computer display screen; FIG. 2 is a front view of a second embodiment thereof; and, FIG. 3 is a front view of a third embodiment thereof. * * * * *       Recently Added Patents Coated substrates and methods for their preparation Handbag Lubricant composition and triazine-ring-containing compound USB device set Instant messaging with audio Method and apparatus for k-space and hybrid-space based image reconstruction for parallel imaging and artifact correction Automated client recovery and service ticketing   Randomly Featured Patents Extruder screw Ergonomic handle grip for tools Plane for wood carving Energy-absorbing members in a vehicle Reclining chair with retractable footrest Residual gas sensor utilizing a miniature quadrupole array Discrete-length polyethylene glycols Fuser temperature control as a function of copy sheet characteristics Shoe upper Apparatus for the non-invasive measurement of thermal properties and perfusion rates of biomaterials © 2006. PatentGenius. All Rights Reserved.