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David Earl Washington — 12 Patents

Microsoft: 11 patents #3,886 of 40,388Top 10%
Seattle, WA: #2,444 of 21,776 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #8,631 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
David Earl Washington has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in December 2024. David Earl Washington ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list David Earl Washington in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2012.peak 32012: 3 patents20122015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 3 patents20172020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents20222024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12164615 Power key and fingerprint reader Natalia Janina Urbanowicz, Shunjiro Eguchi, Alexander Norman Bennett, Elizabeth Ann Pina 2024-12-10 $225,255,000
12142303 Enhanced trim assistance for video editing environments Justin J. Chando, Sophia Siyuan Sun, Paul Conlin 2024-11-12 $340,543,000
11497103 Posture detection for intelligent lighting accessory control Danielle Tene, Whitney J Giaimo, Alexander Norman Bennett, Ann McInroy, Natalia Janina Urbanowicz +1 more 2022-11-08 $248,013,000
10610727 Exercise slidermat 2020-04-07
9639237 User-customizable context menus Lyon Wong, Aryeh N. Polsky, Tira L. Cohene, David Burg, Brendan M. Dohm +2 more 2017-05-02 $28,980,000
9612670 Explicit touch selection and cursor placement Jeffrey Jon Weir, Jennifer L. Anderson, Jennifer Marie Wolfe, Gerrit H. Hofmeester, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz +5 more 2017-04-04 $38,196,000
9552411 Trending suggestions Daniel Ethan Keller, David Andrew Stevens, Bryan D. Scott 2017-01-24 $42,640,000
9400567 Explicit touch selection and cursor placement Jeffrey Jon Weir, Jennifer L. Anderson, Jennifer Marie Wolfe, Gerrit H. Hofmeester, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz +5 more 2016-07-26 $72,995,000
8933971 Scale factors for visual presentations Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Raymond J. Chen, Ethan Nelson Ray, Eric Hebenstreit, David Burg +1 more 2015-01-13 $32,048,000
D671144 Display screen with user interface Peter Seraphim Ponomarev, Ilana Rae Smith, Kieran Phelan, Kristie E. Smith 2012-11-20
D663743 Display screen with animated graphical user interface Daryl Tanghe, Jon Gabriel Clapper, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Maverick Velasco, James Lee +1 more 2012-07-17
D663744 Display screen with animated graphical user interface Daryl Tanghe, Jon Gabriel Clapper, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Maverick Velasco, James Lee +1 more 2012-07-17