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Robert F. Day — 21 Patents

Microsoft: 16 patents #2,398 of 40,388Top 6%
Google: 4 patents #6,467 of 22,993Top 30%
ADAnalog Devices: 1 patents #1,719 of 1,990Top 90%
Bellevue, WA: #540 of 6,950 inventorsTop 8%
Washington: #4,391 of 76,902 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Robert F. Day has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in October 2019. Robert F. Day ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Robert F. Day in Bellevue, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2012.peak 41996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19982002: 1 patents2009: 3 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 4 patents2013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10430453 Identifying alternate content distribution locations John W.L. Merrill, Joerg Heilig 2019-10-01 $34,021,000
9934402 Method and system for protecting user choices Sarah E. Schrock, Timothy P. McKee, Isaac A. Sheldon 2018-04-03 $53,988,000
9754285 Identifying alternate content distribution locations John W.L. Merrill, Joerg Heilig 2017-09-05 $18,838,000
9443105 Method and system for protecting user choices Sarah E. Schrock, Timothy P. McKee, Isaac A. Sheldon 2016-09-13 $30,359,000
8972464 File handling for naming conflicts Christopher S. Davis, David R. Johnson, Stephan Hoefnageis, Timothy P. McKee 2015-03-03 $20,156,000
8583741 Integrated email and chat archiving with fine grained user control for chat archiving Jonathan David Perlow, Adam Barker, Keith H. Coleman 2013-11-12 $25,202,000
8290997 File handling for naming conflicts Christopher S. Davis, David R. Johnson, Stephan Hoefnagels, Timothy P. McKee 2012-10-16 $18,516,000
8201230 Method and system for protecting user choices Sarah E. Schrock, Timothy P. McKee, Isaac A. Sheldon 2012-06-12 $20,322,000
8145530 Targeting based placement identification Parag Samdadiya, Rama Ranganath, Venkata Rama Prasad Tammana, John W.L. Merrill 2012-03-27 $70,358,000
8134407 Enhancing dual op-amps for differential connections Scott Wurcer 2012-03-13 $26,450,000
7992103 Scaling icons for representing files Paul Gusmorino, Tyler K. Beam, Raymond J. Chen, Charles Cummins, Colin R. Anthony +3 more 2011-08-02 $22,196,000
7844645 File handling for naming conflicts Christopher S. Davis, David R. Johnson, Stephan Hoefnagels, Timothy P. McKee 2010-11-30 $23,766,000
7774322 File transfer error handling Christopher S. Davis, David R. Johnson, Stephan Hoefnagels, Timothy P. McKee 2010-08-10 $15,662,000
7624307 Operations engine error handling Christopher S. Davis, David R. Johnson, Stephan Hoefnagels, Timothy P. McKee 2009-11-24 $30,187,000
7580933 Resource handling for taking permissions David R. Johnson, Stephan Hoefnagels, Timothy P. McKee 2009-08-25 $29,810,000
7545389 Encoding ClearType text for use on alpha blended textures Stephen Proteau 2009-06-09 $30,586,000
6466238 Computer operating system that defines default document folder for application programs Jon Robert Berry, Eric Flo, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Richard Turner 2002-10-15 $130,592,000
5771384 Method and system for replacement and extension of container interfaces Darren B. Remington, Brian T. Fleming, David McCauley, Jan T. Miksovsky, John M. Tippett +1 more 1998-06-23 $311,319,000
5682532 System and method having programmable containers with functionality for managing objects Darren B. Remington, Brian T. Fleming, David McCauley, Jan T. Miksovsky, John M. Tippett +1 more 1997-10-28 $167,689,000
5574854 Method and system for simulating the execution of a computer program Russell Blake 1996-11-12 $143,615,000
5495571 Method and system for performing parametric testing of a functional programming interface Timothy D. Corrie, Jr., Kenneth S. Gregg, John Miller, Sivaramakichenane Somasegar 1996-02-27 $239,431,000