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Derek L. Knee — 53 Patents

Microsoft: 24 patents #1,281 of 40,388Top 4%
HP: 11 patents #1,706 of 16,619Top 15%
ATAgilent Technologies: 7 patents #277 of 3,411Top 9%
APAvago Technologies Ecbu Ip (Singapore) Pte.: 7 patents #47 of 427Top 15%
Disney: 3 patents #2,043 of 6,686Top 35%
Samsung: 1 patents #50,112 of 75,807Top 70%
Northrop Grumman: 1 patents #1,512 of 1,695Top 90%
Fort Collins, CO: #33 of 3,421 inventorsTop 1%
Colorado: #362 of 40,980 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Derek L. Knee has been granted 53 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in September 2024. Derek L. Knee ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Derek L. Knee in Fort Collins, CO, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12081278 Transmitting frequency multiplexed signals from a superconducting domain John Murray HORNIBROOK, Ian Douglas Conway Lamb, Richard P. Rouse, David J. Reilly 2024-09-03 $243,844,000
11757467 Circuits for converting SFQ-based RZ and NRZ signaling to bilevel voltage NRZ signaling Mark B. Ketchen, Randall M. Burnett 2023-09-12 $105,135,000
11675222 Magneto-optical modulator-based system for transferring quantum information Foteini KARINOU, Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Haidang Lin, Richard P. Rouse, Charles W. Boecker +1 more 2023-06-13 $297,914,000
11668769 Superconducting output amplifier having return to zero to non-return to zero converters Randall M. Burnett 2023-06-06 $290,714,000
11552610 Superconducting output amplifier including compound DC-SQUIDs having both inputs driven by an input signal having the same phase Jonathan D. Egan 2023-01-10 $233,678,000
11533032 Superconducting output amplifiers with interstage filters Jonathan D. Egan 2022-12-20 $251,028,000
10254464 Transparent display backlight assembly David D. Bohn, Rod G. Fleck 2019-04-09 $61,620,000
10082888 Stylus modes 2018-09-25 $110,824,000
9607537 Display region refresh Rod G. Fleck 2017-03-28 $37,455,000
9541697 Transparent display backlight assembly David D. Bohn, Rod G. Fleck 2017-01-10 $27,928,000
9378444 Encoded micro pattern Randall T. Crane, David D. Bohn, Justin E. Forrester, David Rohn, Brian L. Hastings 2016-06-28 $49,256,000
9292765 Mapping glints to light sources John Eldridge, Robert Havlik, Ronald Boskovic, Christopher Maurice Mei, Gerhard Schneider +2 more 2016-03-22 $35,394,000
9280938 Timed sequence mixed color display Rod G. Fleck 2016-03-08 $59,483,000
9280213 Optical navigation chip used in an optical mouse Gary B. Gordon, Rajeev Badyal, Jason Hartlove 2016-03-08
9223418 Pen digitizer David D. Bohn 2015-12-29 $41,518,000
8896537 Optical navigation chip used in an optical mouse Gary B. Gordon, Rajeev Badyal, Jason Hartlove 2014-11-25
8770813 Transparent display backlight assembly David D. Bohn, Rod G. Fleck 2014-07-08 $25,599,000
8752963 See-through display brightness control Daniel McCulloch, Ryan Hastings, Kevin Geisner, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Alexandru Balan +3 more 2014-06-17 $47,794,000
8704844 Power saving field sequential color Rod G. Fleck 2014-04-22 $23,747,000
8619064 Dynamic resistance control of a stylus 2013-12-31 $17,332,000
8363538 Orthogonal data link, and associated methods Karl J. Bois, Vaishnav Srinivas 2013-01-29 $8,451,000
8350812 Method and arrangement for tracking movement relative to a surface Gary B. Gordon, Rajeev Badyal, Jason Hartlove 2013-01-08
8212778 Imaging and navigation arrangement for controlling a cursor Gary B. Gordon, Rajeev Badyal, Jason Hartlove 2012-07-03
7907120 Optical mouse with uniform level detection method Gary B. Gordon, Rajeev Badyal, Jason Hartlove 2011-03-15
7808485 Method of operating an optical mouse Gary B. Gordon, Rajeev Badyal, Jason Hartlove 2010-10-05