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Brian Bitz — 22 Patents

Microsoft: 20 patents #1,724 of 40,388Top 5%
Xerox: 2 patents #3,932 of 8,622Top 50%
Redmond, WA: #513 of 8,547 inventorsTop 7%
Washington: #4,130 of 76,902 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Brian Bitz has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in October 2025. Brian Bitz ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Brian Bitz in Redmond, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12436560 Electronic device with torque-optional hinge Chee Chun Yee, Beau Tomas SQUIRE, Ryan Behn, Michael Gordon Oldani, Anthony E. Hillyerd +1 more 2025-10-07
12079045 Fabric hinged device Whitney Anne REED, Bernard T. Selting, Michael Gordon Oldani, Le Chang, Joseph B. Gault 2024-09-03 $243,844,000
11486535 Compact leaf spring assemblies Craig Crandall Schoof, Joseph B. Gault, Scott Douglas Bowers 2022-11-01 $193,551,000
11281260 Device cam-controlled adjustment Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Kevin Chen, Jason D. Brown, Anthony G. Picardo, Anthony E. Hillyerd +1 more 2022-03-22 $265,438,000
11086366 User-serviceable dimensionally-constrained device David John Huston, Eugene Lee, Scott Douglas Bowers, David M. Lane, Thomas Joseph Longo 2021-08-10 $241,410,000
11061442 Virtual pivot hinge with sliding friction coupler Joseph B. Gault 2021-07-13 $194,223,000
10968673 Low-pressure friction hinge Karsten Aagaard, Eric Paul Witt, Joseph B. Gault, John Campbell 2021-04-06 $204,677,000
10921863 Virtual pivot hinge with multi-part friction linkage Joseph B. Gault 2021-02-16 $170,991,000
10437293 Multi-axis hinge 2019-10-08 $58,075,000
10345851 Device with a rotatable display Daniel C. Park, Jim Wahl, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Joseph B. Gault, Steve Klein +7 more 2019-07-09 $59,744,000
10174534 Multi-pivot hinge Errol Mark Tazbaz, John Campbell, Bonggwon Ji, Jeff Liao, Jingjiang Zhang 2019-01-08 $55,256,000
10162389 Covered multi-axis hinge Errol Mark Tazbaz 2018-12-25
10114424 Multi-pivot hinge John Campbell, Errol Mark Tazbaz 2018-10-30 $61,995,000
10067530 Integrated multi-pivot hinge module Errol Mark Tazbaz 2018-09-04 $55,037,000
10066429 Hinge with minimized free play Daniel C. Park, Brett Andrew Tomky 2018-09-04 $55,037,000
10024090 Removable couplers for assembly of an integrated multi-pivot hinge module Errol Mark Tazbaz 2018-07-17 $45,003,000
9936593 Device with a rotatable display Mike F. Deily, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Daniel C. Park, Anthony J. Hewett, Harold A. Brown +4 more 2018-04-03 $53,988,000
9625954 Multi-pivot hinge John Campbell, Errol Mark Tazbaz 2017-04-18 $38,106,000
9625953 Covered multi-pivot hinge John Campbell, Errol Mark Tazbaz, Joe Gault 2017-04-18 $38,106,000
9549479 Friction hinge for tablet computers Joe Gault, Scott Douglas Bowers, Aseem Singla 2017-01-17 $57,646,000
8562129 Surface finishing process for indirect or offset printing components Trevor James Snyder, David A. VanKouwenberg, Jignesh P. Sheth, Paul J. McConville 2013-10-22 $1,341,000
8083327 Hot melt ink delivery reservoir pump subassembly Roger G. Leighton, Gerald A. Domoto, Kirk S. Edwards 2011-12-27 $1,338,000