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William H. Gates, III

William H. Gates, III — 1 Patent in 2016

Microsoft: 1 patents #2,205 of 6,795Top 35%
Bellevue, WA: #503 of 1,231 inventorsTop 45%
Washington: #4,262 of 12,053 inventorsTop 40%
Overall (2016): #185,868 of 481,213Top 40%
1 Patents 2016

Issued Patents 2016

Showing 1–1 of 1 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9396269 Search engine that identifies and uses social networks in communications, retrieval, and electronic commerce Christopher A. Meek, Eric J. Horvitz, Joshua T. Goodman, Gary W. Flake, Oliver Hurst-Hiller +6 more 2016-07-19