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James Richards — 4 Patents

Microsoft: 3 patents #13,486 of 40,388Top 35%
General Motors: 1 patents #9,441 of 18,328Top 55%
San Jose, CA: #12,472 of 32,062 inventorsTop 40%
California: #126,026 of 386,348 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
James Richards has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in July 2018. James Richards ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list James Richards in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1986.peak 11986: 1 patents19862014: 1 patents20142017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10025476 Presenting content items relevant to a group of users Adam Barker, Ian McCarthy, Hans Brough, John Kristian, Jason Powers +1 more 2018-07-17 $45,003,000
9846527 Task management from within a data feed Mark Hull, Anand Kishore Bollini, Roland Schemers, Clayton Schubiner, Christopher J. Fong +1 more 2017-12-19 $62,301,000
8732590 Techniques for presenting content items to members of a group Adam Barker, Ian McCarthy, Hans Brough, John Kristian, Jason Powers +1 more 2014-05-20 $154,470,000
4627522 Hand engine and brake control mechanism for a vehicle Paul L. Ulrich, Eugene T. Tanke 1986-12-09