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Glade B. Bacon — 10 Patents

Microsoft: 5 patents #8,859 of 40,388Top 25%
JCJohn Fluke Mfg. Co.: 4 patents #8 of 128Top 7%
FLFluke: 1 patents #284 of 518Top 55%
Everett, WA: #82 of 1,109 inventorsTop 8%
Washington: #10,505 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Glade B. Bacon has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in October 2001. Glade B. Bacon ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Glade B. Bacon in Everett, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1995.peak 41992: 2 patents19921995: 4 patents19951996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6307538 EMC enhanced peripheral device 2001-10-23 $354,898,000
5963197 3-D cursor positioning device Steven T. Kaneko, Alan W. McRobert, Eric H. Michelman 1999-10-05 $496,134,000
5754890 System for automatic identification of a computer data entry device interface type using a transistor to sense the voltage generated by the interface and output a matching voltage level Todd E. Holmdahl 1998-05-19 $141,631,000
5557440 Noise-insensitive optoencoding techniques with compensation for device variations Mark T. Hanson 1996-09-17 $192,952,000
5473344 3-D cursor positioning device Steven T. Kaneko, Alan W. McRobert, Eric H. Michelman 1995-12-05 $101,657,000
5418450 Coupling circuit for a measuring instrument 1995-05-23 $743,000
5379176 Protective input circuit for an instrument Heber P. Farnsworth 1995-01-03 $554,000
5379022 Thermistor device with extended operating range Heber P. Farnsworth 1995-01-03 $554,000
5142221 Automatic function selecting multimeter Glen A. Meldrum, Richard E. George 1992-08-25 $1,084,000
5136251 Capacitance measurement Richard E. George, Richard D. Beckert 1992-08-04 $519,000