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David D. Thiel — 3 Patents

Microsoft: 3 patents #13,486 of 40,388Top 35%
Redmond, WA: #3,570 of 8,547 inventorsTop 45%
Washington: #28,186 of 76,902 inventorsTop 40%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
David D. Thiel has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in August 2007. David D. Thiel ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list David D. Thiel in Redmond, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2000.peak 12000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012007: 1 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7263667 Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface which facilitates decision making Tobias H. Hoellerer, George G. Robertson, Daniel C. Robbins, Maarten R. van Dantzich 2007-08-28 $25,091,000
6188405 Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory, to objects Mary P. Czerwinski, Susan T. Dumais, Susan E. Dziadosz, Daniel C. Robbins, George G. Robertson +1 more 2001-02-13 $304,379,000
6054989 Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory in three-dimensions, to objects and which provides spatialized audio George G. Robertson, Maarten R. van Dantzich 2000-04-25 $1,085,319,000