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David A. Matthews — 48 Patents

Microsoft: 48 patents #367 of 40,388Top 1%
Seattle, WA: #314 of 21,776 inventorsTop 2%
Washington: #1,215 of 76,902 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
David A. Matthews has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in May 2019. David A. Matthews ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list David A. Matthews in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2016.peak 72004: 1 patents20042006: 2 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 3 patents2009: 6 patents20092010: 4 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 6 patents20132014: 3 patents2015: 5 patents20152016: 7 patents2017: 4 patents20172019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10303325 Multi-application environment Robert J. Jarrett, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nils A. Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson, Tsz Yan Wong +5 more 2019-05-28 $58,441,000
9710133 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, R. Syam Kumar, Charles W. Stabb +1 more 2017-07-18 $33,270,000
9703893 Search tool using multiple different search engine types across different data sets Matthew R. Lerner, David G. De Vorchik, Stuart Sechrest, Song Zou, Bret P. Anderson 2017-07-11 $36,380,000
9658766 Edge gesture Jennifer Nan, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Robert J. Jarrett, Jensen M. Harris, Chaitanya Dev Sareen 2017-05-23 $34,380,000
9563352 Accessing a menu utilizing a drag-operation Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Patrice L. Miner, Bret P. Anderson, Jason Silvis 2017-02-07 $50,314,000
9465516 Operating system program launch menu search Charles W. Stabb, Matthew R. Lerner 2016-10-11 $78,026,000
9430130 Customization of an immersive environment Matthew I. Worley, Nils A. Sundelin, Tsz Yan Wong 2016-08-30 $26,338,000
9329768 Panning content utilizing a drag operation Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Reed L. Townsend, Pamela De la Torre Baltierra, Todd A. Torset, Josh A. Clow +2 more 2016-05-03 $30,562,000
9329774 Switching back to a previously-interacted-with application Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Tsz Yan Wong, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Matthew I. Worley, Bret P. Anderson +4 more 2016-05-03 $30,562,000
9323867 Search tool using multiple different search engine types across different data sets Matthew R. Lerner, David G. De Vorchik, Stuart Sechrest, Song Zou, Bret P. Anderson 2016-04-26 $32,829,000
9262071 Direct manipulation of content Helen E. Drislane, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Paul Cutsinger, Bruce A. Morgan, Brian E. Manthos +1 more 2016-02-16 $29,091,000
9239667 Arranging display areas utilizing enhanced window states Mohamed Sadek, Stephan Hoefnagels, Ivan Brugiolo, Patrice L. Miner 2016-01-19
9104440 Multi-application environment Robert J. Jarrett, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nils A. Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson, Tsz Yan Wong +5 more 2015-08-11 $31,793,000
9104307 Multi-application environment Robert J. Jarrett, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nils A. Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson, Tsz Yan Wong +5 more 2015-08-11 $31,793,000
9052820 Multi-application environment Robert J. Jarrett, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nils A. Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson, Tsz Yan Wong +5 more 2015-06-09 $39,913,000
9041660 Soft keyboard control Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Reed L. Townsend, Vishnu Sivaji 2015-05-26 $39,842,000
8954881 Window minimization trigger Song Zou, Bret P. Anderson, Jared C. Simpson, Pai-Hung Chen, Patrice L. Miner 2015-02-10 $22,754,000
8719727 Managing an immersive environment Jesse Clay Satterfield, Stephan Hoefnagels, Rolf A. Ebeling, Nils A. Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson +3 more 2014-05-06 $28,438,000
8656300 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, R. Syam Kumar, Charles W. Stabb +1 more 2014-02-18 $42,189,000
8627227 Allocation of space in an immersive environment Matthew I. Worley, Nils A. Sundelin, Tsz Yan Wong 2014-01-07 $21,622,000
8527896 User interface menu with hovering icons Kanwal VedBrat, Mark R. Ligameri, Paul Gusmorino, Charles W. Stabb, Gregory Scott Melander +2 more 2013-09-03 $29,750,000
8490016 Start menu operation for computer user interface Pasquale DeMaio, Matthew R. Lerner, Charles Cummins, Song Zou, Bret P. Anderson +2 more 2013-07-16 $16,054,000
8478763 Unified searching and running of files Bret P. Anderson, Matthew A. Lerner, Song Zou 2013-07-02 $23,066,000
8378989 Interpreting ambiguous inputs on a touch-screen Richard J. Duncan, Leroy B. Keely, David A. Perry, Thomas H. Alphin, III, Chris Devaraj +1 more 2013-02-19 $10,297,000
8375336 Panning content utilizing a drag operation Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Reed L. Townsend, Pamela De la Torre Baltierra, Todd A. Torset, Josh A. Clow +2 more 2013-02-12 $17,029,000