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Michael E. Markley — 8 Patents

Microsoft: 8 patents #5,580 of 40,388Top 15%
Redmond, WA: #1,675 of 8,547 inventorsTop 20%
Washington: #13,119 of 76,902 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Michael E. Markley has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in July 2009. Michael E. Markley ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Michael E. Markley in Redmond, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7568195 Determining a maximal set of dependent software updates valid for installation Scott R. Shell, Jeffrey D. Glaum 2009-07-28 $31,590,000
7549042 Applying custom software image updates to non-volatile storage in a failsafe manner Jeffery D. Glaum, Scott R. Shell, Andrew Rogers, Sachin Patel, Mark Tonkelowitz +1 more 2009-06-16 $26,863,000
7549148 Self-describing software image update components Brian Cross, Lorna Rebecca McNeill, Jeffrey D. Glaum, Scott R. Shell 2009-06-16 $26,863,000
6353838 Incremental garbage collection David Sauntry, Mark Gilbert 2002-03-05 $250,213,000
6349344 Combining multiple java class files into a run-time image David Sauntry 2002-02-19 $242,840,000
6023275 System and method for resizing an input position indicator for a user interface of a computer system Eric J. Horvitz, Martin Sonntag 2000-02-08 $675,106,000
6016145 Method and system for transforming the geometrical shape of a display window for a computer system Eric J. Horvitz, Martin Sonntag 2000-01-18 $481,342,000
5880733 Display system and method for displaying windows of an operating system to provide a three-dimensional workspace for a computer system Eric J. Horvitz, Martin Sonntag 1999-03-09 $360,028,000