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Reed L. Townsend — 58 Patents

Microsoft: 58 patents #254 of 40,388Top 1%
Kirkland, WA: #56 of 3,517 inventorsTop 2%
Washington: #842 of 76,902 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #41,319 of 4,157,543Top 1%
58 Patents All Time
Reed L. Townsend has been granted 58 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in January 2024. Reed L. Townsend ranks #41,319 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.99%). Patent records list Reed L. Townsend in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2016.peak 92009: 2 patents20092010: 4 patents2011: 6 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 4 patents2015: 4 patents20152016: 9 patents2017: 6 patents20172018: 5 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 5 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 58 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11868609 Dynamic soft keyboard Erik M. Geidl, Shawn R. LeProwse, Ian C. LeGrow 2024-01-09 $460,654,000
11416142 Dynamic soft keyboard Erik M. Geidl, Shawn R. LeProwse, Ian C. LeGrow 2022-08-16 $220,887,000
11275497 Assisting user interface element use Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott, Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov 2022-03-15 $318,187,000
11199966 Dynamic soft keyboard Erik M. Geidl, Shawn R. LeProwse, Ian C. LeGrow 2021-12-14 $326,394,000
10817080 Unintentional touch rejection Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov, Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott 2020-10-27 $210,827,000
10733710 System and method for drawing beautification Tianyi Chen, Xiao Tu, Sheng Yi, Kyle Thomas Beck, Megan L. Fu 2020-08-04 $112,873,000
10678373 Processing for distinguishing pen gestures and dynamic self-calibration of pen-based computing systems Alexander J. Zotov, Steven P. Dodge 2020-06-09 $114,158,000
10620814 Cross slide gesture Alan Stephenson, Brian Wheeler, Joyce Wu, Pamela De la Torre Baltierra, Uros Batricevic 2020-04-14 $125,652,000
10564739 Pointer unification Mariel Young, Joyce Wu, Krishnan Menon, Olumuyiwa M. Durojaiye, Uros Batricevic +2 more 2020-02-18 $61,429,000
10503395 Multi-touch object inertia simulation Xiao Tu, Bryan D. Scott, Todd A. Torset, Kenneth W. Sykes, Samir S. Pradhan +1 more 2019-12-10
10394446 Dynamic soft keyboard Erik M. Geidl, Shawn R. LeProwse, Ian C. LeGrow 2019-08-27 $69,371,000
10198101 Multi-touch manipulation of application objects Xiao Tu, Bryan D. Scott, Todd A. Torset, Erik M. Geidl, Samir S. Pradhan +1 more 2019-02-05 $58,583,000
10019080 Unintentional touch rejection Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov, Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott 2018-07-10 $63,082,000
9996176 Multi-touch uses, gestures, and implementation Alexander J. Zotov, Bryan D. Scott, Steven P. Dodge 2018-06-12 $80,392,000
9952718 Unintentional touch rejection Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov, Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott 2018-04-24 $35,451,000
9946370 Unintentional touch rejection Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov, Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott 2018-04-17 $52,531,000
9898190 Multi-touch object inertia simulation Xiao Tu, Bryan D. Scott, Todd A. Torset, Kenneth W. Sykes, Samir S. Pradhan +1 more 2018-02-20 $49,495,000
9811186 Multi-touch uses, gestures, and implementation Alexander J. Zotov, Bryan D. Scott, Steven P. Dodge 2017-11-07 $54,414,000
9690470 Assisting user interface element use Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott, Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov 2017-06-27 $36,785,000
9594457 Unintentional touch rejection Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov, Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott 2017-03-14 $33,293,000
9588590 Processing for distinguishing pen gestures and dynamic self-calibration of pen-based computing systems Alexander J. Zotov, Steven P. Dodge 2017-03-07 $28,472,000
9582140 Multi-touch object inertia simulation Xiao Tu, Bryan D. Scott, Todd A. Torset, Kenneth W. Sykes, Samir S. Pradhan +1 more 2017-02-28 $30,997,000
9552155 Dynamic soft keyboard Erik M. Geidl, Shawn R. LeProwse, Ian C. LeGrow 2017-01-24
9483155 Pointer unification Joyce Wu, Krishnan Menon, Mariel Young, Olumuyiwa M. Durojaiye, Todd A. Torset +2 more 2016-11-01 $57,451,000
9477333 Multi-touch manipulation of application objects Xiao Tu, Bryan D. Scott, Todd A. Torset, Erik M. Geidl, Samir S. Pradhan +1 more 2016-10-25 $63,684,000