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Bret P. O'Rourke — 19 Patents

Microsoft: 18 patents #2,027 of 40,388Top 6%
Kirkland, WA: #289 of 3,517 inventorsTop 9%
Washington: #5,006 of 76,902 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Bret P. O'Rourke has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in December 2025. Bret P. O'Rourke ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Bret P. O'Rourke in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2012.peak 42006: 3 patents20062008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 3 patents20102011: 2 patents20112012: 4 patents20122014: 2 patents20142019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12511327 Systems and method for dynamically altering media in slideshows 2025-12-30
11061939 Dynamic awareness involving location Kevin Shields, William T. Flora, John Mark Miller, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel Keam +4 more 2021-07-13 $194,223,000
10331708 Dynamic awareness involving location Kevin Shields, William T. Flora, John Mark Miller, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel Keam +4 more 2019-06-25 $55,928,000
8745498 Incorporating interactive media into a playlist Shafiq Rahman, Sohail Baig Mohammed, Khurshed Mazhar, Kevin P. Larkin, Patrick N. Nelson 2014-06-03 $32,410,000
8687021 Augmented reality and filtering Steven Bathiche, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, John Mark Miller, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, Boyd C. Multerer +4 more 2014-04-01 $35,800,000
8264505 Augmented reality and filtering Steven Bathiche, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, John Mark Miller, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, Boyd C. Multerer +4 more 2012-09-11 $13,794,000
8117094 Distribution channels and monetizing Boyd C. Multerer, William T. Flora, John Mark Miller, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel Keam +6 more 2012-02-14 $18,405,000
8108398 Auto-summary generator and filter Shai Guday, John Mark Miller, James M. Alkove, Andrew D. Wilson 2012-01-31 $19,052,000
8100756 Dynamic problem solving for games Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel Keam, Steven Bathiche, James M. Alkove, Zachary Lewis Russell +3 more 2012-01-24 $16,228,000
7912921 Method and apparatus for selecting cache and proxy policy Dawson F. Dean, Chih-Kan Wang, Mark D. Van Antwerp, David J. Roth, Chadd B. Knowlton 2011-03-22 $15,289,000
7890534 Dynamic storybook Steven Bathiche, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, Zachary Lewis Russell, Shai Guday, Boyd C. Multerer +2 more 2011-02-15 $14,147,000
7802004 Dynamic streaming media management Dawson F. Dean 2010-09-21 $12,612,000
7797720 Advanced trick mode Palamalai Gopalakrishnan, Christopher G. Knowlton, Ravi Raman 2010-09-14 $27,616,000
7743329 Incorporating interactive media into a playlist Shafiq Rahman, Sohail Baig Mohammed, Khurshed Mazhar, Kevin P. Larkin, Patrick N. Nelson 2010-06-22 $17,867,000
7496643 Wrapper playlists on streaming media services Dawson F. Dean, Anton Kucer 2009-02-24 $16,710,000
7457852 Wrapper playlists on streaming media services Dawson F. Dean, Anton Kucer 2008-11-25 $20,714,000
7076478 Wrapper playlists on streaming media services Dawson F. Dean, Anton Kucer 2006-07-11 $31,416,000
6990497 Dynamic streaming media management Dawson F. Dean 2006-01-24 $27,353,000
6986018 Method and apparatus for selecting cache and proxy policy Dawson F. Dean, Chih-Kan Wang, Mark D. Van Antwerp, David J. Roth, Chadd B. Knowlton 2006-01-10 $36,413,000