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Charles W. Stabb — 62 Patents

Microsoft: 60 patents #232 of 40,388Top 1%
Oracle: 2 patents #5,565 of 14,854Top 40%
Walnut Creek, CA: #14 of 1,300 inventorsTop 2%
California: #5,560 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #36,550 of 4,157,543Top 1%
62 Patents All Time
Charles W. Stabb has been granted 62 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in July 2025. Charles W. Stabb ranks #36,550 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.88%). Patent records list Charles W. Stabb in Walnut Creek, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 17 patents in 2006.peak 172005: 6 patents20052006: 17 patents2007: 13 patents20072008: 4 patents2009: 7 patents20092010: 3 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172023: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 62 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12361428 Stage-specific pipeline view using prediction engine Mark Pearson, Jinwon Lee, Gregory Nerpouni 2025-07-15
11830009 Stage-specific pipeline view using prediction engine Mark Pearson, Jinwon Lee, Gregory Nerpouni 2023-11-28 $119,321,000
9710133 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, R. Syam Kumar +1 more 2017-07-18 $33,270,000
9465516 Operating system program launch menu search David A. Matthews, Matthew R. Lerner 2016-10-11 $78,026,000
9201564 System and method for visually browsing of open windows Ales Holecek, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Mark R. Ligameri, Kanwal VedBrat +1 more 2015-12-01 $70,936,000
8656300 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, R. Syam Kumar +1 more 2014-02-18 $42,189,000
8527896 User interface menu with hovering icons David A. Matthews, Kanwal VedBrat, Mark R. Ligameri, Paul Gusmorino, Gregory Scott Melander +2 more 2013-09-03 $29,750,000
8341541 System and method for visually browsing of open windows Ales Holecek, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Mark R. Ligameri, Kanwal VedBrat +1 more 2012-12-25
8136047 Multi-application tabbing system Ales Holecek, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Mark R. Ligameri 2012-03-13 $22,667,000
8095892 Graphical user interface for 3-dimensional view of a data collection based on an attribute of the data Colin R. Anthony, Stephane St-Michel, Zeke Odins-Lucas, Jordan Schwartz, Richard Banks +3 more 2012-01-10 $16,234,000
7966572 User interface transition David A. Matthews, Kanwal VedBrat, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Sterling Reasor, Charles Cummins +6 more 2011-06-21 $22,222,000
7890886 Operating system program launch menu search David A. Matthews, Matthew R. Lerner 2011-02-15 $14,147,000
7823071 User interface start page David A. Matthews, Kanwal VedBrat, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Sterling Reasor, Charles Cummins +6 more 2010-10-26 $19,005,000
7747965 System and method for controlling the opacity of multiple windows while browsing Ales Holecek, Donald James Lindsay, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Mark R. Ligameri 2010-06-29 $14,156,000
7665031 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, R. Syam Kumar +1 more 2010-02-16 $17,946,000
7617530 Rights elevator David M. Ruzyski, James H. Hong, Brian K. McNeil, Anastasia C. Doerr, Chris Guzak +2 more 2009-11-10 $34,464,000
7581192 Method and apparatus for application window grouping and management Donald James Lindsay, Mark R. Ligameri 2009-08-25 $29,810,000
7552397 Multiple window behavior system Ales Holecek, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Mark R. Ligameri, Kanwal VedBrat 2009-06-23 $37,511,000
7543244 Determining and displaying a list of most commonly used items David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri 2009-06-02 $32,982,000
7512904 Operating system launch menu program listing David A. Matthews, Matthew R. Lerner 2009-03-31 $21,547,000
7478339 Method and apparatus for application window grouping and management Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Sarah E. Schrock, Donald James Lindsay, Cornelis K. Van Dok, Hillel Noah Cooperman +1 more 2009-01-13 $27,818,000
7478326 Window information switching system Ales Holecek, Cornelis K. Van Dok, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Mark R. Ligameri 2009-01-13 $27,818,000
7426697 Multi-application tabbing system Ales Holecek, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Mark R. Ligameri 2008-09-16 $46,220,000
D568892 Image for a portion of a display screen Donald James Lindsay 2008-05-13
7340686 Operating system program launch menu search David A. Matthews, Matthew R. Lerner 2008-03-04 $48,041,000