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Michael A. Foster — 19 Patents

Microsoft: 8 patents #5,580 of 40,388Top 15%
IRIrobot: 4 patents #189 of 480Top 40%
DCDoskocil Manufacturing Company: 3 patents #48 of 131Top 40%
DCDallas Manufacturing Co.: 2 patents #3 of 10Top 30%
AUAutodesk: 1 patents #540 of 1,046Top 55%
Stoneham, MA: #15 of 278 inventorsTop 6%
Massachusetts: #6,113 of 88,656 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Michael A. Foster has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in March 2025. Michael A. Foster ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Michael A. Foster in Stoneham, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12246453 Mapping interface for mobile robots Vanessa Wiegel, Stephen O'Dea, Kathleen A. Mahoney, Qunxi Huang, Brian Ratta +2 more 2025-03-11
12210360 Control of autonomous mobile robots Shipra Arora, Frank Judge, Brandon Rohrer, Christopher Shumaker, Matthew Weyant +2 more 2025-01-28
11467585 Control of autonomous mobile robots Shipra Arora, Frank Judge, Brandon Rohrer, Christopher Shumaker, Matthew Weyant +2 more 2022-10-11 $4,494,000
11007644 Mapping interface for mobile robots Vanessa Wiegel, Stephen O'Dea, Kathleen A. Mahoney, Qunxi Huang, Brian Ratta +2 more 2021-05-18 $13,521,000
10423693 Parallel processing using a bottom up approach Timothy E. Abla, John T. Koerner, Mikel L. Martin, Dennis M. Mulonas, Matthew W. Smith 2019-09-24 $104,660,000
10292120 User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2019-05-14 $91,396,000
9838985 User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2017-12-05 $43,576,000
9037173 User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2015-05-19 $44,188,000
8509830 User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity Sandra L. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2013-08-13 $23,828,000
D662263 Pet carrier Nam Wai Chau, Ka Kin Ho, Owen Slater 2012-06-19
D662264 Pet carrier Nam Wai Chau, Ka Kin Ho, Owen Slater 2012-06-19
8140099 User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2012-03-20 $19,292,000
7996028 User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2011-08-09 $12,864,000
7809384 User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2010-10-05 $18,486,000
7269433 Scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on predetermined subset of user actions Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Juan V. Esteve Balducci 2007-09-11 $35,648,000
D548898 Step staircase for pets Melaney Northrop 2007-08-14
6681720 Wire cage Scott Skurdalsvold, Donald E. Spears, II, Mike Harper, Ralph Van Skiver 2004-01-27
6581545 Soft-sided kennel cover 2003-06-24
4912750 Spray paint gun light 1990-03-27