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Michael J. Darnell — 10 Patents

Microsoft: 6 patents #7,433 of 40,388Top 20%
IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
Capitola, CA: #69 of 457 inventorsTop 20%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Michael J. Darnell has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in December 2012. Michael J. Darnell ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Michael J. Darnell in Capitola, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2008.peak 21990: 1 patents19901995: 1 patents19951997: 1 patents19972005: 1 patents20052008: 2 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102012: 2 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8336073 Interface strategies for creating and invoking marks Edward M. Tecot, Laurie J. Vertelney, Shannon C. Hegg 2012-12-18 $33,421,000
8190683 Synchronizing multiple user remote content playback David Sloo 2012-05-29 $15,522,000
7836473 Interface strategies for creating and invoking marks Edward M. Tecot, Shannon C. Hegg, Laurie J. Vertelney 2010-11-16 $18,085,000
7506275 User interface navigation Jonathan I Conradt 2009-03-17 $13,616,000
7389477 Legibility of selected content Monique Barbanson, Pradip K. Fatehpuria 2008-06-17
7353459 Legibility of selected content Monique Barbanson, Pradip K. Fatehpuria 2008-04-01 $39,395,000
6907576 Legibility of selected content Monique Barbanson, Pradip K. Fatehpuria 2005-06-14 $32,634,000
5596700 System for annotating software windows Elissa D. Smilowitz 1997-01-21 $26,797,000
5450538 Graphical user interface control for expansion and re-sizing of data fields in forms Howard Justin Glaser 1995-09-12 $5,751,000
4941102 Two-step debugger for expert systems Joseph M. Hary, Robert J. Quinn 1990-07-10 $16,701,000