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Mike Franks — 2 Patents

Microsoft: 2 patents #17,644 of 40,388Top 45%
Seattle, WA: #10,587 of 21,776 inventorsTop 50%
Washington: #35,700 of 76,902 inventorsTop 50%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
Mike Franks has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in January 2015. Mike Franks ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list Mike Franks in Seattle, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8928499 Input device with multiple sets of input keys Gary Rensberger, Gene Robert Obie, Vincent Ball, Steven W. Fisher 2015-01-06 $23,359,000
8614675 Automatic mode determination for an input device Gary Rensberger, Gene Robert Obie, Vincent Ball 2013-12-24 $75,678,000