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Eric Gould Bear — 22 Patents

Microsoft: 19 patents #1,867 of 40,388Top 5%
Tektronix: 2 patents #537 of 1,698Top 35%
Austin, TX: #1,468 of 18,064 inventorsTop 9%
Texas: #6,095 of 125,132 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Eric Gould Bear has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in January 2019. Eric Gould Bear ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Eric Gould Bear in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2007.peak 42007: 4 patents20072008: 4 patents20082009: 4 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 2 patents20142019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10187707 Home intelligence system Erik Norwood, Josh Bohde 2019-01-22
8837294 Schematic display of protocol-specific information Leo David Frishberg 2014-09-16
8644481 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2014-02-04 $20,363,000
8443179 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2013-05-14 $29,028,000
8245027 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2012-08-14 $12,366,000
8166287 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2012-04-24 $16,249,000
8127125 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2012-02-28 $31,159,000
7913182 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Chris Schoppa +4 more 2011-03-22 $15,289,000
7827209 Data object based data analysis Leo David Frishberg 2010-11-02
7827232 Record button on a computer system Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier +1 more 2010-11-02 $23,255,000
7624259 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2009-11-24 $30,187,000
7577429 Real-time communications architecture and methods for use with a personal computer system Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier +3 more 2009-08-18 $21,161,000
7551199 Computer camera system and method for reducing parallax Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko 2009-06-23 $37,511,000
7548255 Method and system for capturing video on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko 2009-06-16 $26,863,000
7443971 Computer system with do not disturb system and method Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier +1 more 2008-10-28 $20,407,000
7440556 System and method for using telephony controls on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier +1 more 2008-10-21 $32,977,000
7424740 Method and system for activating a computer system Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Chris Schoppa +2 more 2008-09-09 $40,734,000
7372371 Notification lights, locations and rules for a computer system Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Adrian Chandley 2008-05-13 $106,203,000
7240228 Method and system for standby auxiliary processing of information for a computing device Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Chris Schoppa +3 more 2007-07-03 $23,375,000
7221331 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Chris Schoppa +4 more 2007-05-22 $56,073,000
7216221 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2007-05-08 $50,101,000
7194611 Method and system for navigation using media transport controls Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko, Dale C. Crosier 2007-03-20 $44,982,000