17 Nov
2018
17 Nov
'18
4:22 a.m.
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Nemo wrote:
Don't worry; I love receiving corrections.
On this day in
1970 computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart was awarded the
patent for the computer mouse.
Not really meaning to argue but http://www.dougengelbart.org/content/view/90/48/
claims: "Doug
Engelbart's patent on the computer mouse, titled X-Y position indicator
for a display system (3,541,541), filed June 21, 1967 and granted
January 17, 1970 [...]". Link to the USPTO:
http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=03541541
Hmmm... Right date, but wrong month; thanks. Not sure how that happened,
but now corrected.
-- Dave