David Franklin — 7 Patents at Microsoft

David Franklin has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in November 2025. David Franklin ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list David Franklin in Seattle, WA, US.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
12481368	Gesture-based user interface	Van Shea Sedita, Stephen M. Simpson	2025-11-25
11275446	Gesture-based user interface	Van Shea Sedita, Stephen M. Simpson	2022-03-15	$37,271,000
8204536	Automatic provisioning based on communication network connectivity and characteristics	Todd Segal, Arthur Lam, Henry Chen	2012-06-19	$35,200,000
7698654	Systems and methods for co-axial navigation of a user interface	Jeffrey C. Fong, Thamer A. Abanami	2010-04-13	$18,577,000
7421656	Systems and methods for interacting with a user interface of a media player	Jeffrey C. Fong, Thamer A. Abanami	2008-09-02	$32,109,000
6789427	Phased array ultrasonic inspection method for industrial applications	Thomas James Batzinger, Wei Li, Robert S. Gilmore, Edward James Nieters, William Thomas Hatfield +5 more	2004-09-14	$35,920,000
5852436	Notes facility for receiving notes while the computer system is in a screen mode	Dean J. Hachamovitch, William James Bliss, David Tuniman	1998-12-22	$390,054,000

David Franklin — 7 Patents

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