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Chris Guzak — 59 Patents

Microsoft: 59 patents #242 of 40,388Top 1%
Kirkland, WA: #54 of 3,517 inventorsTop 2%
Washington: #816 of 76,902 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #40,067 of 4,157,543Top 1%
59 Patents All Time
Chris Guzak has been granted 59 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in July 2021. Chris Guzak ranks #40,067 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.96%). Patent records list Chris Guzak in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2009.peak 112004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062007: 5 patents2008: 3 patents20082009: 11 patents2010: 9 patents20102011: 4 patents2012: 4 patents20122013: 4 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 3 patents2016: 5 patents20162017: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 59 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11061775 Coordinating file synchronization between a sync engine and another application that supports document collaboration Jack Allen Nichols, Benjamin M. Yim, Adam C. Czeisler, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Michal Piaseczny +7 more 2021-07-13 $194,223,000
10282255 Coordinating file synchronization between a sync engine and another application that supports document collaboration Jack Allen Nichols, Benjamin M. Yim, Adam C. Czeisler, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Michal Piaseczny +7 more 2019-05-07 $79,455,000
10264039 Streaming content and placeholders Michael J. Novak, Sangeeta Ranjit, Scott David Hoogerwerf, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Kiernon Reiniger +5 more 2019-04-16 $47,495,000
9734158 Searching and placeholders Michael J. Novak, Sangeeta Ranjit, Scott David Hoogerwerf, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Marc Wautier +5 more 2017-08-15 $35,271,000
9552363 File management with placeholders Michael J. Novak, Sangeeta Ranjit, Scott David Hoogerwerf, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Marc Wautier +4 more 2017-01-24 $42,640,000
9459837 Interface for a computer platform Kerem B. Karatal, Michael G. Sheldon, Marc M. Miller, Timothy P. McKee 2016-10-04 $46,434,000
9436351 System and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser James Brian Kurtz, Judson Craig Hally, David Sheldon, David G. DeVorchik, Tyler K. Beam 2016-09-06 $27,018,000
9430193 Interface for a computer platform Kerem B. Karatal, Michael G. Sheldon, Marc M. Miller, Timothy P. McKee 2016-08-30 $26,338,000
9423926 Method for graphical representation of a content collection Todd Ouzts, Philip P. Fortier 2016-08-23 $31,125,000
9405767 Streaming content and placeholders Michael J. Novak, Sangeeta Ranjit, Scott David Hoogerwerf, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Kiernon Reiniger +5 more 2016-08-02 $47,886,000
9218350 Searching and placeholders Michael J. Novak, Sangeeta Ranjit, Scott David Hoogerwerf, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Marc Wautier +5 more 2015-12-22 $71,567,000
9189533 Sync framework extensibility Marc Wautier, Daniel Vincent Fiordalis, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose, Scott David Hoogerwerf, Oded Yehuda Shekel +3 more 2015-11-17 $49,804,000
9166866 Hydration and dehydration with placeholders Michael J. Novak, Sangeeta Ranjit, Scott David Hoogerwerf, Amnon Itamar Govrin, Kiernon Reiniger +1 more 2015-10-20 $32,084,000
8863291 Reputation checking of executable programs Daniel Oliver, Anshul Rawat, Xiang Zheng Tu, Ryan Colvin, James H. Dooley +7 more 2014-10-14 $29,078,000
8555199 System and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser James Brian Kurtz, Judson Craig Hally, David Sheldon, David G. DeVorchik, Tyler K. Beam 2013-10-08 $30,716,000
8549434 Method for graphical representation of a content collection Todd Ouzts, Philip P. Fortier 2013-10-01 $29,148,000
8418080 Computer system with enhanced user interface for images Michael G. Sheldon, Franc J. Camara, Todd Ouzts, Rajesh Ganesan 2013-04-09 $13,653,000
8375335 Computer input control for specifying scope with explicit exclusions Lyon Wong, Stephan Hoefnagels, Timothy P. McKee, David G. De Vorchik, Benjamin A. Betz 2013-02-12 $17,029,000
8312422 Programming interface for a computer platform Kerem B. Karatal, Marc M. Miller, Michael G. Sheldon, Timothy P. McKee 2012-11-13 $20,195,000
8204916 Hierarchical presentation of search results David Dawson, Paul Gusmorino, Kenneth M. Tubbs, Tyler K. Beam, Lyon Wong 2012-06-19 $35,200,000
8150898 User data profile namespace Anshul Rawat, Brian D. Wentz, David G. De Vorchik, Sierra M. Giampiero, Jason F. Moore +3 more 2012-04-03 $18,463,000
8117226 System and method for virtual folder sharing including utilization of static and dynamic lists Mohammed Samji, David G. De Vorchik, Ram Ramasubramanian, Timothy P. McKee, Nathaniel H. Ballou +1 more 2012-02-14 $18,405,000
8042062 Computer system with enhanced user interface for images Michael G. Sheldon, Franc J. Camara, Todd Ouzts, Rajesh Ganesan 2011-10-18 $29,419,000
7958543 Account synchronization for common identity in an unmanaged network Mohammed Samji, John Brezak, Giles van der Bogert, Nicholas John Tomacelli, Anil Yadav 2011-06-07 $21,540,000
7925682 System and method utilizing virtual folders Jason F. Moore, David G. De Vorchik, Sasanka Chalivendra, Nathaniel H. Ballou, Shaun Kaasten +3 more 2011-04-12 $11,368,000