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David Foster — 20 Patents

Microsoft: 9 patents #4,919 of 40,388Top 15%
IBM: 7 patents #14,688 of 70,183Top 25%
LLLucas Industries Public Limited: 1 patents #218 of 571Top 40%
PLPlessey Overseas Limited: 1 patents #89 of 263Top 35%
Amazon: 1 patents #10,717 of 19,158Top 60%
Los Altos, CA: #575 of 3,651 inventorsTop 20%
California: #29,208 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
David Foster has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in August 2019. David Foster ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list David Foster in Los Altos, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10389712 Passive security enforcement David Steeves, Kim Cameron, Todd L. Carpenter, Quentin S. Miller 2019-08-20 $63,531,000
9904912 Protecting transactions David Steeves, Kim Cameron, Todd L. Carpenter, Quentin S. Miller, Gregory D. Hartrell 2018-02-27 $69,890,000
9641502 Passive security enforcement David Steeves, Kim Cameron, Todd L. Carpenter, Quentin S. Miller 2017-05-02 $28,980,000
9483981 Dynamic display adjustment Herve Jacques Clement Letourneur, Laurent E. Sellier 2016-11-01 $59,933,000
9065812 Protecting transactions David Steeves, Kim Cameron, Todd L. Carpenter, Quentin S. Miller, Gregory D. Hartrell 2015-06-23 $32,988,000
8898758 Passive security enforcement David Steeves, Kim Cameron, Todd L. Carpenter, Quentin S. Miller 2014-11-25 $27,855,000
8745346 Time managed read and write access to a data storage device Ricardo Lopez-Barquilla 2014-06-03 $32,410,000
8590021 Passive security enforcement David Steeves, Kim Cameron, Todd L. Carpenter, Quentin S. Miller 2013-11-19 $34,230,000
8151118 Master-slave security devices Shon Schmidt, David Jaroslav Sebesta, Curt A. Steeb, William J. Westerinen, Zhangwei Xu +1 more 2012-04-03 $18,463,000
7979721 Enhanced packaging for PC security William J. Westerinen, Todd L. Carpenter, Alexander Frank, Shon Schmidt, Stephen Richard Drake +1 more 2011-07-12 $14,655,000
6202097 Methods for performing diagnostic functions in a multiprocessor data processing system having a serial diagnostic bus Armando Garcia, Robert Pearson 2001-03-13 $29,262,000
5634034 Enhanced processor buffered interface for multiprocess systems 1997-05-27 $12,508,000
5564008 An enhanced processor buffered interface for multiprocessor systems 1996-10-08 $9,670,000
5485594 Apparatus and method using an atomic fetch and add for establishing temporary ownership of a common system resource in a multiprocessor data processing system 1996-01-16 $13,247,000
5469542 Serial diagnostic interface bus for multiprocessor systems Armando Garcia, Robert Pearson 1995-11-21 $10,808,000
5451792 Gamma radiation detection Dennis D. Maguire 1995-09-19
5410654 Interface with address decoder for selectively generating first and second address and control signals respectively in response to received address and control signals Armando Garcia 1995-04-25 $11,120,000
5327570 Multiprocessor system having local write cache within each data processor node Armando Garcia, Robert Pearson 1994-07-05 $10,877,000
4940294 Hydraulic anti-lock braking systems for vehicles 1990-07-10
4837179 Method of making a LDD mosfet Andrew Pickering 1989-06-06 $181,000