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Marco A. DeMello — 41 Patents

Microsoft: 41 patents #493 of 40,388Top 2%
Deer Park, WA: #1 of 39 inventorsTop 3%
Washington: #1,578 of 76,902 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #75,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
41 Patents All Time
Marco A. DeMello has been granted 41 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in October 2013. Marco A. DeMello ranks #75,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.8%). Patent records list Marco A. DeMello in Deer Park, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2007.peak 72002: 1 patents20022003: 3 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 4 patents2006: 4 patents20062007: 7 patents2008: 5 patents20082009: 7 patents2010: 4 patents20102011: 3 patents2013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 41 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8555198 Annotations for electronic content John L. Beezer, David M. Silver 2013-10-08 $30,716,000
8032943 Accessing protected content in a rights-management architecture Vinay Krishnaswamy, John L. Manferdelli 2011-10-04 $15,454,000
7891007 Systems and methods for issuing usage licenses for digital content and services Peter David Waxman, Attila Narin, Scott C. Cottrille, Vinay Krishnaswamy, Chandramouli Venkatesh +2 more 2011-02-15 $14,147,000
7865964 Using a first device to engage in a digital rights management transaction on behalf of a second device Attila Narin 2011-01-04 $27,759,000
7860802 Flexible licensing architecture in content rights management systems Ravindra Nath Pandya, Peter David Waxman, Vinay Krishnaswamy, Muthukrishnan Paramasivam, Steven Bourne 2010-12-28 $13,779,000
7861306 Method and system for limiting the use of user-specific software features Yoram Yaacovi, Pavel Zeman 2010-12-28 $13,779,000
7823208 Method and system for binding enhanced software features to a persona Leroy B. Keely, Frank Byrum, Yoram Yaacovi, Kathryn E. Hughes 2010-10-26 $19,005,000
7707643 System and method for accessing protected content in a rights-management architecture Vinay Krishnaswamy, John L. Manferdelli 2010-04-27 $19,291,000
7634429 Architecture for an electronic shopping service integratable with a software application Attila Narin, Yoram Yaacovi, Jeffrey A. Alger, Leroy B. Keely, David M. Silver +3 more 2009-12-15 $20,279,000
7577999 Publishing digital content within a defined universe such as an organization in accordance with a digital rights management (DRM) system Attila Narin, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Frank Byrum, Peter David Waxman, Prashant Malik +4 more 2009-08-18 $21,161,000
7570768 Systems, structures, and methods for decrypting encrypted digital content when a rights management server has been decommissioned Jason Cahill, Pavel Kouznetsov, Kevin Brown, Lauren Antonoff, Peter David Waxman +2 more 2009-08-04 $28,843,000
7568168 Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering text annotations for non-modifiable electronic content John L. Beezer, David M. Silver 2009-07-28 $31,590,000
7562395 System and method for accessing protected content in a rights-management architecture Vinay Krishnaswamy, John L. Manferdelli 2009-07-14 $33,585,000
7502945 Using a flexible rights template to obtain a signed rights label (SRL) for digital content in a rights management system Steven Bourne, Jason Cahill, Lauren Antonoff, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Prashant Malik 2009-03-10 $20,124,000
7496856 Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering text annotations for non-modifiable electronic content John L. Beezer, David M. Silver 2009-02-24 $16,710,000
7430754 Method for dynamic application of rights management policy John Gerard Speare, Peter David Waxman 2008-09-30 $45,460,000
7430542 System and method for activating a rendering device in a multi-level rights-management architecture Attila Narin, Venkateshaiah Setty, Pavel Zeman, Vinay Krishnaswamy, John L. Manferdelli +4 more 2008-09-30 $45,460,000
7392547 Organization-based content rights management and systems, structures, and methods therefor Jason Cahill, Chris Graham, Lauren Antonoff, Kevin Brown, Ronald E. Gray 2008-06-24 $34,417,000
7366915 Digital license with referral information Attila Narin, Peter David Waxman, Christopher Robert Richard Madonna, Chandramouli Venkatesh 2008-04-29 $42,493,000
7318236 Tying a digital license to a user and tying the user to multiple computing devices in a digital rights management (DRM) system Vinay Krishnaswamy, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, John L. Manferdelli, Bradley Serbus, Attila Narin +1 more 2008-01-08 $46,847,000
7260781 System, method and user interface for active reading of electronic content Vikram Madan, Leroy B. Keely, David M. Silver 2007-08-21 $25,183,000
7225159 Method for authenticating and securing integrated bookstore entries Attila Narin, Yoram Yaacovi 2007-05-29 $37,759,000
7210165 Pre-licensing of rights management protected content John Gerard Speare, Malcolm H. Davis, Peter David Waxman, Christopher Frederick Graham, Jason Cahill 2007-04-24 $68,720,000
7188342 Server controlled branding of client software deployed over computer networks Attila Narin, Christopher Robert Richard Madonna 2007-03-06 $40,082,000
7185363 Using a first device to engage in a digital rights management transaction on behalf of a second device Attila Narin 2007-02-27 $31,612,000