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Eric Neil Lockard — 6 Patents

Microsoft: 6 patents #7,433 of 40,388Top 20%
Sammamish, WA: #800 of 2,558 inventorsTop 35%
Washington: #16,995 of 76,902 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Eric Neil Lockard has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in June 2021. Eric Neil Lockard ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Eric Neil Lockard in Sammamish, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1998.peak 21998: 2 patents19981999: 2 patents19992019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11020653 Presenting digital content item with tiered functionality Frank R. Morrison, III, Brandon T. Hunt, Jeffrey David Henshaw, Michael Gallop, Ivan P. Trindev 2021-06-01 $175,540,000
10391387 Presenting digital content item with tiered functionality Frank R. Morrison, III, Brandon T. Hunt, Jeffrey David Henshaw, Michael Gallop, Ivan P. Trindev 2019-08-27 $69,371,000
5920697 Method of automatic updating and use of routing information by programmable and manual routing information configuration based on least lost routing Steven P. Masters 1999-07-06 $423,309,000
5872930 Load balancing between E-mail servers within a local area network Steven P. Masters 1999-02-16 $412,110,000
5819030 System and method for configuring a server computer for optimal performance for a particular server type John Yun-Kuang Chen, Darren Shakib, Daniel R. Weisman 1998-10-06 $132,627,000
5812780 Method, system, and product for assessing a server application performance John Yun-Kuang Chen, Matthew David DURASOFF, Darren Shakib, Russell Simpson 1998-09-22 $159,150,000