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Michael Van Kleeck — 5 Patents

Microsoft: 5 patents #8,859 of 40,388Top 25%
Duvall, WA: #124 of 384 inventorsTop 35%
Washington: #19,692 of 76,902 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Michael Van Kleeck has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in March 2003. Michael Van Kleeck ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Michael Van Kleeck in Duvall, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2003Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1999.peak 21998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents20002003: 1 patents2003

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6539113 Radical definition and dictionary creation for a handwriting recognition system 2003-03-25 $353,873,000
6041137 Radical definition and dictionary creation for a handwriting recognition system 2000-03-21 $658,326,000
6008799 Method and system for entering data using an improved on-screen keyboard 1999-12-28 $310,134,000
5890122 Voice-controlled computer simulateously displaying application menu and list of available commands Shannon Scott Hysom 1999-03-30 $420,712,000
5760773 Methods and apparatus for interacting with data objects using action handles Eric R. Berman, Edward L. Mills, Vinayak A. Bhalerao 1998-06-02 $118,572,000