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Robert Scott Plank — 13 Patents

Microsoft: 13 patents #3,175 of 40,388Top 8%
Bellevue, WA: #916 of 6,950 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #7,874 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Robert Scott Plank has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in June 2015. Robert Scott Plank ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Robert Scott Plank in Bellevue, WA, US.

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Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9069395 Input device with forward/backward control Manolito E. Adan, Todd E. Holmdahl, Michael R. Hooning, Steven T. Kaneko, Terry M. Lipscomb 2015-06-30 $24,787,000
8629838 User notification system with an illuminated computer input device Timothy A. McDonough, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven W. Fisher, Steven T. Kaneko, Steven Bathiche 2014-01-14 $40,580,000
8279177 User notification system with an illuminated computer input device Timothy A. McDonough, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven W. Fisher, Steven T. Kaneko, Steven Bathiche 2012-10-02 $22,613,000
8013840 User notification system with an illuminated computer input device Timothy A. McDonough, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven W. Fisher, Steven T. Kaneko, Steven Bathiche 2011-09-06 $21,845,000
7913182 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko +4 more 2011-03-22 $15,289,000
7656389 Input device with forward/backward control Manolito E. Adan, Todd E. Holmdahl, Michael R. Hooning, Steven T. Kaneko, Terry M. Lipscomb 2010-02-02 $25,278,000
7639235 Input device with forward/backward control Manolito E. Adan, Todd E. Holmdahl, Michael R. Hooning, Steven T. Kaneko, Terry M. Lipscomb 2009-12-29 $28,457,000
7577429 Real-time communications architecture and methods for use with a personal computer system Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko +3 more 2009-08-18 $21,161,000
7443971 Computer system with do not disturb system and method Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko +1 more 2008-10-28 $20,407,000
7440556 System and method for using telephony controls on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko +1 more 2008-10-21 $32,977,000
7283121 Input device with forward/backward control Manolito E. Adan, Todd E. Holmdahl, Michael R. Hooning, Steven T. Kaneko, Terry M. Lipscomb 2007-10-16 $16,447,000
7221331 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steve Kaneko +4 more 2007-05-22 $56,073,000
6486873 Illuminated computer input device Timothy A. McDonough, Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven W. Fisher, Steven T. Kaneko 2002-11-26 $226,685,000