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Kai-Fu Lee — 15 Patents

Microsoft: 10 patents #4,378 of 40,388Top 15%
Apple: 5 patents #5,490 of 18,612Top 30%
Saratoga, CA: #634 of 2,933 inventorsTop 25%
California: #40,789 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Kai-Fu Lee has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2008. Kai-Fu Lee ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Kai-Fu Lee in Saratoga, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2007.peak 41996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents19982004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 4 patents20072008: 2 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7424675 Language input architecture for converting one text form to another text form with tolerance to spelling typographical and conversion errors Zheng Chen, Jian Han 2008-09-09 $40,734,000
7403888 Language input user interface Jian Wang, Gao Zhang, Jian Han, Zheng Chen, Xianoning Ling 2008-07-22 $55,055,000
7302640 Language input architecture for converting one text form to another text form with tolerance to spelling, typographical, and conversion errors Zheng Chen, Jian Han 2007-11-27 $39,016,000
7275029 System and method for joint optimization of language model performance and size Jianfeng Gao, Mingjing Li, Hai Wang, Dong-Feng Cai, Lee-Feng Chien 2007-09-25 $32,487,000
7216066 Method and apparatus for generating and managing a language model data structure Shuo Di, Lee-Feng Chien, Zheng Chen, Jianfeng Gao 2007-05-08 $50,101,000
7165019 Language input architecture for converting one text form to another text form with modeless entry Zheng Chen, Jian Han 2007-01-16 $71,491,000
7020587 Method and apparatus for generating and managing a language model data structure Shuo Di, Lee-Feng Chien, Zheng Chen, Jianfeng Gao 2006-03-28 $38,113,000
6904402 System and iterative method for lexicon, segmentation and language model joint optimization Hai Wang, Chang-Ning Huang, Shuo Di, Jianfeng Gao, Dong-Feng Cai +1 more 2005-06-07 $34,704,000
6848080 Language input architecture for converting one text form to another text form with tolerance to spelling, typographical, and conversion errors Zheng Chen, Jian Han 2005-01-25 $138,161,000
6766320 Search engine with natural language-based robust parsing for user query and relevance feedback learning Hai Wang, Qiang Yang 2004-07-20 $96,648,000
5757964 System and method for automatic subcharacter unit and lexicon generation for handwriting recognition Yen-Lu Chow, Kamil Grajski 1998-05-26 $8,718,000
5734791 Rapid tree-based method for vector quantization Alejandro Acero, Yen-Lu Chow 1998-03-31 $14,619,000
5602960 Continuous mandarin chinese speech recognition system having an integrated tone classifier Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Yen-Lu Chow 1997-02-11 $4,684,000
5577135 Handwriting signal processing front-end for handwriting recognizers Kamil Grajski, Yen-Lu Chow 1996-11-19 $12,082,000
5535305 Sub-partitioned vector quantization of probability density functions Alejandro Acero, Yen-Lu Chow 1996-07-09 $11,552,000