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Michael D. Layton — 9 Patents

CICirque: 9 patents #9 of 62Top 15%
Salt Lake City, UT: #511 of 4,590 inventorsTop 15%
Utah: #2,292 of 19,430 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Michael D. Layton has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cirque. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2018. Michael D. Layton ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Michael D. Layton in Salt Lake City, UT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10073552 Multi-dimensional multi-finger search using oversampling hill climbing and descent with range 2018-09-11
9229593 Single and multiple finger extraction and position calculation using a weighted mask 2016-01-05
9086769 High resolution non-ghosted gestures Keith L. Paulsen 2015-07-21
7817145 Method and system for performing scrolling by movement of a pointing object in a curvilinear path on a touchpad Vadim Klishko, Richard Woolley 2010-10-19
7808487 System for disposing a proximity sensitive touchpad behind a mobile phone keymat Brian Taylor, David Taylor 2010-10-05
7564449 Method of scrolling that is activated by touchdown in a predefined location on a touchpad that recognizes gestures for controlling scrolling functions Don T. Saxby, Richard Woolley 2009-07-21
7423635 Single-layer touchpad having touch zones Brian Taylor, David Taylor 2008-09-09
7151528 System for disposing a proximity sensitive touchpad behind a mobile phone keypad Brian Taylor, David Taylor 2006-12-19
5565658 Capacitance-based proximity with interference rejection apparatus and methods George E. Gerpheide 1996-10-15 $287,000