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D. Gordon Hardy — 2 Patents

Microsoft: 2 patents #17,644 of 40,388Top 45%
Redmond, WA: #4,371 of 8,547 inventorsTop 55%
Washington: #35,700 of 76,902 inventorsTop 50%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
D. Gordon Hardy has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. All of these patents were granted in 2002. D. Gordon Hardy ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list D. Gordon Hardy in Redmond, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6434744 System and method for patching an installed application program Benjamin C. Chamberlain 2002-08-13 $181,552,000
6427236 Method for installing a patch based on patch criticality and software execution format Benjamin C. Chamberlain, Darrin Hatakeda 2002-07-30 $208,520,000