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John R. Watson — 8 Patents

Microsoft: 3 patents #13,486 of 40,388Top 35%
Boston, MA: #973 of 5,993 inventorsTop 20%
Massachusetts: #16,020 of 88,656 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
John R. Watson has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in June 2022. John R. Watson ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list John R. Watson in Boston, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2014.peak 21981: 1 patents19811982: 1 patents19821987: 1 patents19872000: 1 patents20002014: 2 patents20142016: 1 patents20162022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11350789 Platform having multiple adjustable work areas 2022-06-07
9489457 Methods and apparatus for initiating an action Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Sean Brown, Stephen W. Laverty +3 more 2016-11-08 $13,813,000
8812474 Methods and apparatus for identifying and providing information sought by a user Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy Slater +3 more 2014-08-19 $10,002,000
8635201 Methods and apparatus for employing a user's location in providing information to the user Marc W. Regan, Michael Leong, Carmit Brikman, Ryan S. LaSante 2014-01-21 $24,029,000
6158515 Artificial lifting device for well fluids using a continous loop Richard H. Greer, Herbert W. Markwardt, Stephen B. Markwardt, Walter R. Shaw 2000-12-12
D291604 Outdoor lighting fixture 1987-08-25
4365445 Automated fastener machining system 1982-12-28
D259960 Landscape illumination light or similar apparatus 1981-07-21