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John Gerard Speare — 6 Patents

Microsoft: 5 patents #8,859 of 40,388Top 25%
MIMicosoft: 1 patents #1 of 47Top 3%
Spokane, WA: #145 of 1,134 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #16,995 of 76,902 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
John Gerard Speare has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in July 2014. John Gerard Speare ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list John Gerard Speare in Spokane, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2007.peak 32007: 3 patents20072008: 1 patents20082012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8769492 Method for updating data in accordance with rights management policy Christopher Frederick Graham, Peter David Waxman 2014-07-01 $33,016,000
8117595 Method for updating data in accordance with rights management policy Christopher Frederick Graham, Peter David Waxman 2012-02-14 $18,405,000
7430754 Method for dynamic application of rights management policy Peter David Waxman, Marco A. DeMello 2008-09-30 $45,460,000
7284263 Rights management inter-entity message policies and enforcement Malcolm H. Davis, Peter David Waxman, Roy Williams 2007-10-16 $16,447,000
7210165 Pre-licensing of rights management protected content Malcolm H. Davis, Peter David Waxman, Marco A. DeMello, Christopher Frederick Graham, Jason Cahill 2007-04-24 $68,720,000
7181761 Rights management inter-entity message policies and enforcement Malcolm H. Davis, Peter David Waxman, Roy Williams 2007-02-20 $43,202,000