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Kevin McDowell — 4 Patents

Microsoft: 2 patents #17,644 of 40,388Top 45%
APAec Oil Sands Limited Partnership: 1 patents #7 of 28Top 25%
CICanadian Oil Sands Investments: 1 patents #7 of 28Top 25%
IRImperial Oil Resources: 1 patents #11 of 40Top 30%
MLMocal Energy Limited: 1 patents #15 of 49Top 35%
ASAec Oil Sands: 1 patents #7 of 31Top 25%
NGNexen Group: 1 patents #18 of 62Top 30%
PGPetro-Canada Oil And Gas: 1 patents #4 of 21Top 20%
VEVertafore: 1 patents #3 of 20Top 15%
MCMurphy Oil Company: 1 patents #17 of 50Top 35%
Monroe, WA: #63 of 218 inventorsTop 30%
Washington: #23,275 of 76,902 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Kevin McDowell has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in March 2017. Kevin McDowell ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Kevin McDowell in Monroe, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2002.peak 12002: 1 patents20022007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents20102017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9600400 Performance testing of web application components using image differentiation 2017-03-21
7680857 Method and system for generating help files based on user queries Christine Vadai, Mark D. Huentelman, Robert Ashby 2010-03-16 $17,803,000
7277884 Method and system for generating help files based on user queries Christine Vadai, Mark D. Huentelman, Robert Ashby 2007-10-02 $31,692,000
6391190 Mechanical deaeration of bituminous froth JONATHAN SPENCE, Mike P. Wagner, Sean Sanders 2002-05-21