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Paul M. O'Brien — 39 Patents

Microsoft: 19 patents #1,867 of 40,388Top 5%
MOMolex: 6 patents #286 of 1,726Top 20%
HP: 3 patents #5,824 of 7,018Top 85%
BABae Systems Land & Armaments: 2 patents #13 of 144Top 10%
BLB/E Aerospace (Uk) Limited: 1 patents #1 of 10Top 10%
Amazon: 1 patents #10,717 of 19,158Top 60%
Sammamish, WA: #101 of 2,558 inventorsTop 4%
Washington: #1,718 of 76,902 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #81,245 of 4,157,543Top 2%
39 Patents All Time
Paul M. O'Brien has been granted 39 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in August 2024. Paul M. O'Brien ranks #81,245 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Paul M. O'Brien in Sammamish, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2015.peak 51987: 1 patents19871989: 1 patents1994: 4 patents19941995: 2 patents1996: 2 patents19961998: 1 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 4 patents20142015: 5 patents2016: 4 patents20162017: 3 patents2018: 3 patents20182020: 1 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12065246 Trolley extraction device Christopher L. Tracey 2024-08-20
11858667 Satellite dispenser Aaron Oliver Carey 2024-01-02 $138,344,000
10693218 Structural tank integrated into an electronic device case Sidharath Jain, Nil Apaydin, Javier Rodriguez De Luis, Ben Shewan, Alireza Mahanfar 2020-06-23 $123,189,000
10060582 Modular flashlight system with retention device 2018-08-28
10025355 Flexible display extendable assembly David D. Bohn 2018-07-17 $45,003,000
9992825 Methods for producing a glass-based non planar digital display Joseph Daniel Taylor, Cynthia S. Bell, Rod G. Fleck, Kshitij Moghe 2018-06-05 $72,048,000
9759535 Gun launched munition with strakes Robert W. Citro, Patrick J. Janke, Conlee O. Quortrup 2017-09-12
9601824 Slot antenna integrated into a resonant cavity of an electronic device case Nil Apaydin, Javier Rodriguez De Luis, Ben Shewan, Alireza Mahanfar, Sidharath Jain 2017-03-21 $43,991,000
9535465 Hinge electrical interconnection guide David D. Bohn, Christopher Fruhauf, Michael James Basha, Perry Q. Anderson 2017-01-03 $30,922,000
9470919 Methods for producing a glass-based non planar digital display Joseph Daniel Taylor, Cynthia S. Bell, Rod G. Fleck, Kshitij Moghe 2016-10-18 $67,958,000
9401050 Recalibration of a flexible mixed reality device Elmer S. Cajigas, Andras Tantos 2016-07-26 $72,995,000
9311883 Recalibration of a flexible mixed reality device Elmer S. Cajigas, Andras Tantos 2016-04-12 $45,069,000
9286812 Flexible display extendable assembly David D. Bohn 2016-03-15 $43,879,000
9225885 Reduced height camera module for small form factor applications 2015-12-29 $41,518,000
9195272 Expandable mobile device 2015-11-24 $64,457,000
9105986 Closely spaced antennas isolated through different modes Alireza Mahanfar, Elmer S. Cajigas, Ronald B. Smith, Pia Santelices 2015-08-11 $31,793,000
9069531 Portable device and mobile phone with double hinge torsion bar David D. Bohn, Christopher Fruhauf 2015-06-30 $24,787,000
9046230 Modular flashlight system 2015-06-02
8804324 Flexible display overcenter assembly David D. Bohn, Christopher Fruhauf 2014-08-12 $19,073,000
8780570 Double hinge torsion bar David D. Bohn, Christopher Fruhauf 2014-07-15 $37,194,000
8773849 Extendable connecting link David D. Bohn 2014-07-08 $25,599,000
8711566 Expandable mobile device 2014-04-29 $28,448,000
8451601 Double hinge axial cams David D. Bohn, Christopher Fruhauf, Michael James Basha 2013-05-28 $28,238,000
8441791 Double hinge radial cams David D. Bohn, Christopher Fruhauf 2013-05-14 $29,028,000
8319163 Roll isolation bearing William M. Flood, Eugene W. Carlson 2012-11-27