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James H. Cauthorn — 25 Patents

Microsoft: 25 patents #1,206 of 40,388Top 3%
Seattle, WA: #951 of 21,776 inventorsTop 5%
Washington: #3,426 of 76,902 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
James H. Cauthorn has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in June 2010. James H. Cauthorn ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list James H. Cauthorn in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2007.peak 72002: 1 patents20022004: 4 patents20042005: 6 patents20052006: 3 patents20062007: 7 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7742042 Touch-sensitive device for scrolling a document on a display Kenneth P. Hinckley, Hugh E. McLoone, Steven Bathiche, Stiven Kerestegian, Timothy Michael Muss 2010-06-22 $17,867,000
7688312 Touch-sensitive device for scrolling a document on a display Kenneth P. Hinckley, Hugh E. McLoone, Steven Bathiche, Stiven Kerestegian, Timothy Michael Muss 2010-03-30 $17,166,000
7602382 Method for displaying information responsive to sensing a physical presence proximate to a computer input device Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, William H. Vong, Corey Ladas, Kenneth V. Fry 2009-10-13 $26,140,000
7408538 Enhanced scrolling Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, Michael J. Sinclair 2008-08-05 $32,950,000
7255502 Keyboard with improved function and editing sections Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Kenneth V. Fry, William H. Vong 2007-08-14 $20,227,000
7256770 Method for displaying information responsive to sensing a physical presence proximate to a computer input device Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, William H. Vong, Corey Ladas, Kenneth V. Fry 2007-08-14 $20,227,000
7229227 Keyboard with improved lateral region Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven Bathiche, William H. Vong +1 more 2007-06-12 $35,608,000
7202857 Manual controlled scrolling Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, Michael J. Sinclair 2007-04-10 $36,355,000
7165901 Keyboard with improved function and editing sections Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Kenneth V. Fry, William H. Vong 2007-01-23 $42,788,000
7165900 Keyboard with improved function and editing sections Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Kenneth V. Fry, William H. Vong 2007-01-23 $42,788,000
7156567 Keyboard with improved lateral region Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven Bathiche, William H. Vong +1 more 2007-01-02
7061474 Automatic scrolling Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, Michael J. Sinclair 2006-06-13 $42,500,000
7056044 Keyboard with improved function and editing sections Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Kenneth V. Fry, William H. Vong 2006-06-06 $29,120,000
7001087 Keyboard with improved function and editing sections Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Kenneth V. Fry, William H. Vong 2006-02-21 $33,122,000
6979140 Keyboard with improved function and editing sections Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Kenneth V. Fry, William H. Vong 2005-12-27 $33,321,000
6975306 Automatic scrolling Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, Michael J. Sinclair 2005-12-13 $34,181,000
6972749 Touch-sensitive device for scrolling a document on a display Kenneth P. Hinckley, Hugh E. McLoone, Steven Bathiche, Stiven Kerestegian, Timothy Michael Muss 2005-12-06 $34,664,000
6939067 Keyboard with improved lateral region Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven Bathiche, William H. Vong +1 more 2005-09-06 $47,848,000
6932524 Keyboard with improved lateral region Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven Bathiche, William H. Vong +1 more 2005-08-23 $59,253,000
6883984 Keyboard with improved numeric section Hugh E. McLoone 2005-04-26 $59,431,000
6712535 Keyboard with improved lateral region Hugh E. McLoone, Jonathan A. Hayes, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven Bathiche, William H. Vong +1 more 2004-03-30 $125,001,000
6707449 Manual controlled scrolling Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, Michael J. Sinclair 2004-03-16 $64,465,000
6700564 Input device including a wheel assembly for scrolling an image in multiple directions Hugh E. McLoone 2004-03-02 $122,844,000
6690365 Automatic scrolling Kenneth P. Hinckley, Steven Bathiche, Michael J. Sinclair 2004-02-10 $157,775,000
D458258 Keyboard Jonathan A. Hayes, Carl J. Ledbetter, Hugh E. McLoone 2002-06-04