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Kent F. Settle — 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
Kent F. Settle has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in September 2003. Kent F. Settle ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Kent F. Settle in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2003Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1999.peak 11999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012003: 1 patents2003

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6629144 Recovery of online sessions for dynamic directory services Lon-Chan Chu, Yoram Yaacovi 2003-09-30 $77,295,000
6263367 Server-determined client refresh periods for dynamic directory services Lon-Chan Chu, Yoram Yaacovi 2001-07-17 $310,308,000
6016508 Server-determined client refresh periods for dynamic directory services Lon-Chan Chu, Yoram Yaacovi 2000-01-18 $481,342,000
6006331 Recovery of online sessions for dynamic directory services Lon-Chan Chu, Yoram Yaacovi 1999-12-21 $541,640,000