{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [{"@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Microsoft", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/company/microsoft"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Gavin M. Gear", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/inventor/fl:ga_ln:gear-3"}]}
Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
GG

Gavin M. Gear — 29 Patents

Microsoft: 28 patents #973 of 40,388Top 3%
Monterey, CA: #4 of 240 inventorsTop 2%
California: #18,137 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Gavin M. Gear has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in September 2025. Gavin M. Gear ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Gavin M. Gear in Monterey, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 19 patents in 2009.peak 192009: 19 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents20112013: 4 patents20132015: 2 patents20152025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12419917 Compositions and methods for treatment of conditions using fractionated honey Roger Brett Edmonds 2025-09-23
8941591 User interface elements positioned for display Ross N. Luengen, Michael C. Miller 2015-01-27 $25,395,000
8933958 Enhanced user interface elements in ambient light Ross N. Luengen, Michael H. LaManna 2015-01-13 $32,048,000
8514242 Enhanced user interface elements in ambient light Ross N. Luengen, Michael H. LaManna 2013-08-20 $25,328,000
8508553 Automatic user viewing preference Steven P. Dodge, Zheng Wang, Xu Chen 2013-08-13 $23,828,000
8508475 User interface elements positioned for display Ross N. Luengen, Michael C. Miller 2013-08-13 $23,828,000
8347206 Interactive image tagging Sam J. George, Richard L. Spencer 2013-01-01
7975215 Sharing editable ink annotated images with annotation-unaware applications Richard J. Duncan, David Ben Perry, Weerapan Wilairat, Richard L. Spencer 2011-07-05 $15,908,000
7788283 On demand data proxy Jamie Wakeam, Subha Bhattacharyay, Timothy H. Kannapel, Todd Landstad, Sebastian Poulose +3 more 2010-08-31 $11,672,000
7643687 Analysis hints Benoit Jurion, Jamie Wakeam, Timothy H. Kannapel, Todd Landstad, Sebastian Poulose +11 more 2010-01-05 $31,776,000
D604327 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-11-17
7616333 Electronic ink processing and application programming interfaces Jamie Wakeam, Jerome Turner, Sebastian Poulose, Subha Bhattacharyay, Todd Landstad +4 more 2009-11-10 $34,464,000
D601169 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-29
D600706 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600707 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600708 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600709 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600710 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600711 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600712 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600713 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600714 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600715 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600716 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22
D600717 Icon for a display screen Michael H. LaManna 2009-09-22