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Geraldine Wade — 25 Patents

Microsoft: 25 patents #1,206 of 40,388Top 3%
Redmond, WA: #420 of 8,547 inventorsTop 5%
Washington: #3,426 of 76,902 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Geraldine Wade has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in March 2014. Geraldine Wade ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Geraldine Wade in Redmond, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8681172 Assigning color values to pixels based on object structure Tanya Matskewich 2014-03-25 $29,958,000
8339411 Assigning color values to pixels based on object structure Tanya Matskewich 2012-12-25
8139066 Error metrics for characters Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Hitchcock 2012-03-20 $19,292,000
8090719 Adaptive page layout utilizing block-level elements Charles E. Jacobs 2012-01-03 $18,593,000
8013860 Adaptive contextual filtering based on observer colorblindness characteristics Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Hitchcock 2011-09-06 $21,845,000
7969441 Adaptive contextual filtering based on typographical characteristics Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Hitchcock 2011-06-28 $14,173,000
7945119 Optimizing character rendering Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Hitchcock 2011-05-17 $20,389,000
7872651 Error metrics for characters Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Hitchcock 2011-01-18 $19,360,000
7831579 Adaptive page layout utilizing block-level elements Charles E. Jacobs 2010-11-09 $17,265,000
7821524 Adaptive contextual filtering Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Hitchcock 2010-10-26 $19,005,000
7697003 Simplifying complex characters to maintain legibility Michael Duggan, William Hill, Gregory Hitchcock, Beat Stamm 2010-04-13 $18,577,000
7609269 Assigning color values to pixels based on object structure Tanya Matskewich 2009-10-27 $39,185,000
7289123 Simplifying complex characters to maintain legibility Michael Duggan, William Hill, Gregory Hitchcock, Beat Stamm 2007-10-30 $46,422,000
7286121 Sub-component based rendering of objects having spatial frequency dominance parallel to the striping direction of the display Michael Duggan, Beat Stamm, Greg C. Hitchcock 2007-10-23 $25,268,000
7129948 Methods and systems for hinting fonts David Salesin, Douglas Earl Zongker 2006-10-31 $54,617,000
7095411 Methods and systems for hinting fonts David Salesin, Douglas Earl Zongker 2006-08-22 $46,616,000
7095412 Methods and systems for hinting fonts David Salesin, Douglas Earl Zongker 2006-08-22 $46,616,000
7068276 Methods and systems for hinting fonts David Salesin, Douglas Earl Zongker 2006-06-27 $46,558,000
D523064 Type font 2006-06-13
6986103 Document formatting based on optimized formatting values John L. Beezer, Michael Duggan, Jerry Dunietz, William Hill, David M. Silver 2006-01-10 $36,413,000
6760028 Methods and systems for hinting fonts David Salesin, Douglas Earl Zongker 2004-07-06 $102,413,000
6750875 Compression of image data associated with two-dimensional arrays of pixel sub-components Leroy B. Keely, William Hill, Gregory Hitchcock 2004-06-15 $100,331,000
D437342 Type font Alicia Hungerford Kramer, Deborah Ann Hanley, Michael R. Thomas 2001-02-06
D435258 Set of icons for a computer screen Alicia Hungerford Kramer, Michael R. Thomas 2000-12-19
D434422 Icon for a computer screen Michael R. Thomas 2000-11-28