Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Input Mechanism With Multi-Character Keys

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202644023537 A) filed by Google LLC on February 27, 2026, for Input Mechanism With Multi-Character Keys.

Inventors include Madrigal, Carlos Andres Moran; Zhai, Shumin; Li, Zhi; and Sun, Haicheng.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: An example method includes outputting a graphical user interface including: a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of character keys, the plurality of character keys including two to eight character keys; a text-editing region; and a word-suggestion region. The method also includes detecting a first user input at a location of the presence-sensitive ...