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David L. Holo — 9 Patents

Microsoft: 9 patents #4,919 of 40,388Top 15%
Kent, WA: #98 of 929 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #11,701 of 76,902 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
David L. Holo has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2012. David L. Holo ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list David L. Holo in Kent, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 21998: 1 patents19982002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8296474 Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected Mark T. Hanson, Nathan C. Sherman, Lord Nigel Featherston, Mark W. Casebolt, Victor P. Drake +2 more 2012-10-23 $17,154,000
8112556 Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected Mark T. Hanson, Lord Nigel Featherston, Nathan C. Sherman, Victor P. Drake, Keith Mullins 2012-02-07 $21,648,000
7975078 Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected Mark T. Hanson, Nathan C. Sherman, Lord Nigel Featherston, Mark W. Casebolt, Victor P. Drake +2 more 2011-07-05 $15,908,000
7779171 Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected Mark T. Hanson, Nathan C. Sherman, Lord Nigel Featherston, Mark W. Casebolt, Victor P. Drake +2 more 2010-08-17 $13,094,000
7277966 Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected Mark T. Hanson, Nathan C. Sherman, Lord Nigel Featherston, Mark W. Casebolt, Victor P. Drake +2 more 2007-10-02 $31,692,000
7096435 Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected Mark T. Hanson, Nathan C. Sherman, Lord Nigel Featherston, Mark W. Casebolt, Victor P. Drake +2 more 2006-08-22 $46,616,000
6795949 Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected Mark T. Hanson, Lord Nigel Featherston, Nathan C. Sherman, Victor P. Drake, Keith Mullins 2004-09-21 $94,409,000
6460094 Peripheral device configured to detect the type of interface to which it is connected and configuring itself accordingly Mark T. Hanson, Lord Nigel Featherston, Nathan C. Sherman, Victor P. Drake, Keith Mullins 2002-10-01 $150,453,000
5852615 Method and system for transmitting data from a unidirectional transmitter to a receiver Alfred L. Schumer, John Morrow 1998-12-22 $390,054,000