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Benjamin J. Karas — 5 Patents

Microsoft: 5 patents #8,859 of 40,388Top 25%
Seattle, WA: #5,850 of 21,776 inventorsTop 30%
Washington: #19,692 of 76,902 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Benjamin J. Karas has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in September 2021. Benjamin J. Karas ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Benjamin J. Karas in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2013.peak 22013: 2 patents20132014: 1 patents20142018: 1 patents20182021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11132333 File access with different file hosts Scott David Hoogerwerf, David Fields, Michael J. Gilmore, Rolf A. Ebeling, Steven J. Ball +8 more 2021-09-28 $328,876,000
10042851 File access with different file hosts Scott David Hoogerwerf, David Fields, Michael J. Gilmore, Rolf A. Ebeling, Steven J. Ball +8 more 2018-08-07 $49,974,000
8819586 File access with different file hosts Scott David Hoogerwerf, David Fields, Michael J. Gilmore, Rolf A. Ebeling, Steven J. Ball +8 more 2014-08-26 $21,459,000
8418257 Collection user interface Scott David Hoogerwerf, Lyon Wong, Aaron W. Cardwell, Michael J. Gilmore, Rolf A. Ebeling +3 more 2013-04-09 $13,653,000
8381123 Positioning and realizing of virtualized visible content within a viewport Fabrice A. Debry, Jason A. Christensen 2013-02-19 $10,297,000