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Dan Altman — 32 Patents

Microsoft: 31 patents #808 of 40,388Top 3%
Honolulu, HI: #8 of 1,208 inventorsTop 1%
Hawaii: #36 of 2,560 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Dan Altman has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2015. Dan Altman ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Dan Altman in Honolulu, HI, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9128919 Smart space insertion David A. Switzer, Christopher Michael Shelley, Richard Grutzmacher 2015-09-08 $36,651,000
7945855 Smart space insertion David A. Switzer, Christopher Michael Shelley, Richard Grutzmacher 2011-05-17 $20,389,000
7735008 Adding and removing white space from a document Eric Fox, Steve Weil, Marieke Iwema, Charlton E. Lui 2010-06-08 $16,528,000
7735007 Adding and removing white space from a document Eric Fox, Steve Weil, Marieke Iwema, Charlton E. Lui 2010-06-08 $16,528,000
7590535 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2009-09-15 $22,769,000
7457466 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2008-11-25 $20,714,000
7454699 Smart content insertion David A. Switzer, Christopher Michael Shelley, Richard Grutzmacher 2008-11-18 $21,361,000
7440896 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2008-10-21 $32,977,000
7430508 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2008-09-30 $45,460,000
7259753 Classifying, anchoring, and transforming ink Leroy B. Keely, Susanne Alysia Clark Cazzanti, Charlton E. Lui 2007-08-21 $25,183,000
7203903 System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Michael P. Thompson, Michael W. Rouiller, Steven R. Kusmer, Gregory Stikeleather, Michele M. Evans 2007-04-10 $36,355,000
7197185 Implicit page breaks for digitally represented handwriting Charlton E. Lui, Anthony Smith, Cynthia Tee, Evan Feldman 2007-03-27 $46,851,000
7168038 System and method for scaling and repositioning drawings Charlton E. Lui, Anthony Smith, Cynthia Tee, Shenbagalakshmi Pichaiah 2007-01-23 $42,788,000
7130798 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2006-10-31 $54,617,000
7031521 Implicit page breaks for digitally represented handwriting Charlton E. Lui, Anthony Smith, Cynthia Tee, Evan Feldman 2006-04-18 $39,931,000
7028256 Adding white space to a document generating adjusted page sizing Eric Fox, Steve Weil, Marieke Iwema, Charlton E. Lui 2006-04-11 $36,994,000
6990237 Implicit page breaks for digitally represented handwriting Charlton E. Lui, Anthony Smith, Cynthia Tee, Evan Feldman 2006-01-24 $27,353,000
6836759 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2004-12-28 $117,865,000
6833827 System and method for automatically switching between writing and text input modes Charlton E. Lui, Kathryn L. Parker 2004-12-21 $136,171,000
6816615 Implicit page breaks for digitally represented handwriting Charlton E. Lui, Anthony Smith, Cynthia Tee, Evan Feldman 2004-11-09 $115,015,000
6801660 Method and system for maintaining alternates in association with recognized words Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2004-10-05 $94,955,000
6771817 Method and system for extending ink word data structures while maintaining version compatibility Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2004-08-03 $76,204,000
6754386 Method and system of matching ink processor and recognizer word breaks Peter H. Williamson, Charlton E. Lui 2004-06-22 $73,169,000
6651221 System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Michael P. Thompson, Michael W. Rouiller, Steven R. Kusmer, Gregory Stikeleather, Michele M. Evans 2003-11-18 $104,318,000
6587587 System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Michael W. Rouiller, Gregory Stikeleather, Michele M. Evans, Steven R. Kusmer, Michael P. Thompson 2003-07-01 $238,825,000