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James Tierney — 4 Patents

Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
Kirkland, WA: #1,224 of 3,517 inventorsTop 35%
Washington: #23,275 of 76,902 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
James Tierney has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in November 2009. James Tierney ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list James Tierney in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1996.peak 11996: 1 patents19962006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7624378 Methods and systems of testing software, and methods and systems of modeling user behavior Dimitris Achlioptas, Christian H. Borgs, Jennifer Tour Chayes, Henry Robinson 2009-11-24 $30,187,000
7464372 Methods and systems of testing software, and methods and systems of modeling user behavior Dimitris Achlioptas, Christian H. Borgs, Jennifer Tour Chayes, Henry Robinson 2008-12-09 $23,423,000
6996805 Methods and systems of testing software, and methods and systems of modeling user behavior Dimitris Achlioptas, Christian H. Borgs, Jennifer Tour Chayes, Henry Robinson 2006-02-07 $26,131,000
5513315 System and method for automatic testing of computer software Noel R. Cross 1996-04-30 $267,935,000