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Robert S. Kleinschmidt — 10 Patents

Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
CTCondusiv Technologies: 3 patents #5 of 8Top 65%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Redmond, WA: #1,344 of 8,547 inventorsTop 20%
Washington: #10,505 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Robert S. Kleinschmidt has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in January 2018. Robert S. Kleinschmidt ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Robert S. Kleinschmidt in Redmond, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2014.peak 31983: 1 patents19832009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents20152018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9880759 Metadata for data storage array David A. Goebel, James M. Lyon, Bulat Shelepov, Mark Vayman 2018-01-30 $43,259,000
9037541 Metadata for data storage array David A. Goebel, James M. Lyon, Bulat Shelepov, Mark Vayman 2015-05-19 $44,188,000
8892611 Assigning data for storage based on speed with which data may be retrieved Craig Jensen, Andrew Staffer, Sopurkh Khalsa, Gary Quan 2014-11-18
8732148 Assigning data for storage based on a frequency with which the data is accessed Craig Jensen, Andrew Staffer, Sopurkh Khalsa, Gary Quan 2014-05-20
8645347 Assigning data for storage based on a frequency with which the data is accessed Craig Jensen, Andrew Staffer, Sopurkh Khalsa, Gary Quan 2014-02-04
8533420 Thin provisioned space allocation David A. Goebel, James M. Lyon, Bulat Shelepov, Mark Vayman 2013-09-10 $23,590,000
8239648 Reclamation of thin provisioned disk storage David A. Goebel, James M. Lyon, Bulat Shelepov, Mark Vayman 2012-08-07 $11,434,000
7870128 Assigning data for storage based on speed with which data may be retrieved Craig Jensen, Andrew Staffer, Sopurkh Khalsa, Gary Quan 2011-01-11
7536504 Online storage medium transfer rate characteristics determination Craig Jensen, Sopurkh Khalsa, Andrew Staffer, Gary Quan 2009-05-19
4399397 Electronic phase shift and speed governor 1983-08-16