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{{infobox patent | image = [[file:4464652.png|frameless]] | country = US | number = 4464652 | inventor = William F. Lapson<br/>William D. Atkinson<br/> | assignee = [[Apple|Apple Computer, Inc.]] | issued = 7 August 1984 | reference = {{cite patent|number=US4464652}} }} '''Cursor control device for use with display systems''' is a motion detector two dimensional cursor control device invented by William F. Lapson and William D. Atkinson. Its patent number 4464652 was granted on 1984. <ref>{{ cite patent | country = US | number = 4464652 | status = patent | title = Cursor control device for use with display systems | pubdate = | gdate = 7 August 1984 | fdate = 19 July 1982 | pridate = | inventor = William F. Lapson; William D. Atkinson | invent1 = | invent2 = | assign1 = [[Apple|Apple Computer, Inc.]] | assign2 = | class = }}</ref> ==Description== '''Cursor control device for use with display systems''' * Inventor: William F. Lapson * Inventor: William D. 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