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Malcolm Hall — 5 Patents

Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
Gaithersburg, MD: #382 of 1,746 inventorsTop 25%
Maryland: #6,599 of 35,612 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Malcolm Hall has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in June 2015. Malcolm Hall ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Malcolm Hall in Gaithersburg, MD, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1997.peak 11997: 1 patents19972011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9063577 User input using proximity sensing Stephen E. Hodges, Alex Butler, Shahram Izadi 2015-06-23 $32,988,000
8432372 User input using proximity sensing David Alexander Butler, Shahram Izadi, Stephen E. Hodges 2013-04-30 $25,167,000
8325020 Unique identification of devices using color detection Shahram Izadi, Stephen E. Hodges, William A. S. Buxton, David Alexander Butler 2012-12-04 $15,162,000
7884734 Unique identification of devices using color detection Shahram Izadi, Stephen E. Hodges, William A. S. Buxton, David Alexander Butler 2011-02-08 $17,009,000
5703623 Smart orientation sensing circuit for remote control Russell W. Faulkner 1997-12-30