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Chad Lester — 5 Patents

Google: 4 patents #6,467 of 22,993Top 30%
Redwood City, CA: #1,695 of 5,061 inventorsTop 35%
California: #107,996 of 386,348 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Chad Lester has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in October 2015. Chad Lester ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Chad Lester in Redwood City, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2011.peak 22008: 1 patents20082011: 2 patents20112013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9171313 Encoding AD and/or AD serving information in a click URL Eric Veach 2015-10-27 $20,917,000
8423640 Systems and methods for detecting click spam Ben Smith, Edward Lyle Karrels 2013-04-16 $31,662,000
7933984 Systems and methods for detecting click spam Ben Smith, Edward Lyle Karrels 2011-04-26 $61,796,000
7930384 Encoding ad and/or ad serving information in a click URL Eric Veach 2011-04-19 $88,957,000
7363302 Promoting and/or demoting an advertisement from an advertising spot of one type to an advertising spot of another type 2008-04-22 $346,326,000