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R. Syam Kumar — 4 Patents

Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
Redmond, WA: #2,920 of 8,547 inventorsTop 35%
Washington: #23,275 of 76,902 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
R. Syam Kumar has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in July 2017. R. Syam Kumar ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list R. Syam Kumar in Redmond, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 22010: 2 patents20102014: 1 patents20142017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9710133 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Charles W. Stabb +1 more 2017-07-18 $33,270,000
8656300 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Charles W. Stabb +1 more 2014-02-18 $42,189,000
7761530 Configuration change management tool Nigel Graham Cain, Andy Hopper, Dileep Kumar, Bahadir Baris Onalan, Ashvin Sanghvi +4 more 2010-07-20 $20,395,000
7665031 Method and system of taskbar button interfaces David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Charles W. Stabb +1 more 2010-02-16 $17,946,000