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Robert D. Young — 28 Patents

Microsoft: 20 patents #1,724 of 40,388Top 5%
SISouthwest Research Institute: 2 patents #288 of 935Top 35%
ACAllied Consulting: 1 patents #540 of 1,310Top 45%
Kirkland, WA: #178 of 3,517 inventorsTop 6%
Washington: #2,866 of 76,902 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Robert D. Young has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in February 2024. Robert D. Young ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Robert D. Young in Kirkland, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11907382 Secure access to accessory device resources Ravi Kiran Chivukula, Nathan C. Sherman, Chirag Shah, Brandon Records, Astha Keshan +2 more 2024-02-20 $456,258,000
11468181 Secure access to accessory device resources Ravi Kiran Chivukula, Nathan C. Sherman, Chirag Shah, Brandon Records, Astha Keshan +2 more 2022-10-11 $280,151,000
11263022 Mechanism to turn on/off post-processing features in the device media foundation transform Vivian Dsouza, Aleksandar Uzelac, John G. A. Weiss 2022-03-01 $213,318,000
10313121 Maintaining operating system secrets across resets Jonathan Bret Barkelew, Ronald Aigner, Alain Michaud, Jeremiah Cox 2019-06-04 $61,829,000
9569094 Disambiguating intentional and incidental contact and motion in multi-touch pointing devices Christopher Harry Stoumbos, John Miller, Hrvoje Benko, David R. Perek, Peter John Ansell +1 more 2017-02-14 $53,256,000
9218178 Secure firmware updates Scott A. Fudally, Wallace Paul Montgomery 2015-12-22 $71,567,000
9098304 Device enumeration support method for computing devices that does not natively support device enumeration Sharon Drasnin, Scott A. Fudally, Tejas Mistry, Vassili I. Nikolaev, Murali Rangayya Ravirala 2015-08-04 $40,584,000
8935774 Accessory device authentication Jim Tom Belesiu, Gene Robert Obie, James C. Marshall, Nathan C. Sherman, Edward C. Giaimo, III +2 more 2015-01-13 $32,048,000
8898654 Secure firmware updates Scott A. Fudally, Wallace Paul Montgomery 2014-11-25 $27,855,000
8786561 Disambiguating intentional and incidental contact and motion in multi-touch pointing devices Christopher Harry Stoumbos, John Miller, Hrvoje Benko, David R. Perek, Peter John Ansell +1 more 2014-07-22 $26,287,000
8719603 Accessory device authentication Jim Tom Belesiu, Gene Robert Obie, James C. Marshall, Nathan C. Sherman, Edward C. Giaimo, III +2 more 2014-05-06 $28,438,000
8645579 Virtual media device Stephen C. Cooper, Garret J. Buban, Brien Roell, David V Skyberg, Dennis Ming-Shu Lee +4 more 2014-02-04 $20,363,000
8601184 Updating image in buffer via difference data Eric Fleegal, Chris Whitman, Xianfeng Tian, Amar S. Vattakandy, Jim Tom Belesiu 2013-12-03 $38,608,000
8364865 Data simulation using host data storage chain Eric Fleegal, Chris Whitman, Xianfeng Tian, Amar S. Vattakandy, Jim Tom Belesiu 2013-01-29 $13,387,000
8248373 Contextual control of dynamic input device Richard Turner, Daniel M. Sangster, Scott Honji, Eric Fleegal, Mark Vulfson +2 more 2012-08-21 $14,505,000
8201213 Controlling access of application programs to an adaptive input device Daniel M. Sangster, Marc Descamp, Scott M. Mail, Vincent Ball, Dennis Meinhardt 2012-06-12 $20,322,000
8108578 Hidden desktop director for an adaptive device Daniel M. Sangster 2012-01-31 $19,052,000
7412542 Bridging a gaming console with a wireless network Paul E. Newson, Benjamin O. Zotto, Neel Malik 2008-08-12 $34,846,000
7239328 Lossless manipulation of media objects Sabrina Boler, Karen L. Baker, Robert E. Gruhl, Thomas W. Getzinger 2007-07-03 $23,375,000
7142225 Lossless manipulation of media objects Sabrina Boler, Karen L. Baker, Robert E. Gruhl, Thomas W. Getzinger 2006-11-28 $34,612,000
6706111 Method for pretreating components of a cementitious composition to control adsorption potential 2004-03-16
5861701 Charged-particle powered battery John P. Hageman, Glenn M. Light, Stephen W. Seale, Jr. 1999-01-19
5569153 Method of immobilizing toxic waste materials and resultant products William A. Mallow 1996-10-29
5550311 Method and apparatus for thermal decomposition and separation of components within an aqueous stream 1996-08-27 $4,581,000
5511672 Sorting device and method Daniel D. Young 1996-04-30