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Howard HUGHES — 3 Patents

Microsoft: 2 patents #17,644 of 40,388Top 45%
Port Orchard, WA: #27 of 139 inventorsTop 20%
Washington: #28,186 of 76,902 inventorsTop 40%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
Howard HUGHES has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in May 2025. Howard HUGHES ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list Howard HUGHES in Port Orchard, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1998.peak 11998: 1 patents19982024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12293070 Just-in-time snap layouts Eric PAPAMARCOS, Robert Joseph Disano, Stacy CARSON, Albert Peter Yih, Benjamin B. STOLOVITZ +2 more 2025-05-06
11868160 Just-in-time snap layouts Eric PAPAMARCOS, Robert Joseph Disano, Stacy CARSON, Albert Peter Yih, Benjamin B. STOLOVITZ +2 more 2024-01-09 $460,654,000
5788204 Pump jack base Jeffrey G Goodwin 1998-08-04