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Michael Edward Franks — 11 Patents

Microsoft: 7 patents #6,431 of 40,388Top 20%
Meta: 4 patents #2,008 of 6,883Top 30%
Seattle, WA: #2,698 of 21,776 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #9,483 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Michael Edward Franks has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in August 2023. Michael Edward Franks ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Michael Edward Franks in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2010.peak 42008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 4 patents20102013: 1 patents20132021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 2 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11733550 Ultraminiature dynamic speaker for a fully in-ear monitor Chuming Zhao, Drew Stone Briggs, Derek Wallin 2023-08-22 $320,369,000
11671739 Adjustment mechanism for tissue transducer Morteza Khaleghimeybodi 2023-06-06 $222,721,000
11422392 Ultraminiature dynamic speaker for a fully in-ear monitor Chuming Zhao, Drew Stone Briggs, Derek Wallin 2022-08-23 $154,256,000
11082765 Adjustment mechanism for tissue transducer Morteza Khaleghimeybodi 2021-08-03 $395,000,000
8497657 Docking station for electronic device Young Soo Kim, Steven Bathiche 2013-07-30 $35,826,000
D620514 Electronic camera and base Young Soo Kim 2010-07-27
D620037 Electronic camera Young Soo Kim 2010-07-20
D619157 Electronic camera base Young Soo Kim 2010-07-06
D612882 Electronic camera Young Soo Kim 2010-03-30
D606107 Portion of an electronic camera Young Soo Kim 2009-12-15
7345599 Computer keyboard Daniel G. O'Neil, David M. Lane 2008-03-18 $32,923,000