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Article: New York Inventor Develops Computer Mouse with Fragrance Emitting Means
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 29, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Robin Gwen Mason of Brooklyn, N.Y., has developed a computer mouse with a housing and a bottom surface which rests upon a horizontal operating surface.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking device is positioned in the housing for generating pointer control data. A tracking device is positioned in the housing for generating pointer control data. When the computer mouse is slid upon the operating surface, the fragrance particles housed within the computer mouse are dispersed into the surrounding air."
The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,154,474 on Dec. 26.The original application was filed ...