Robert Warren Gruen has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft . The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in May 2025. Robert Warren Gruen ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Robert Warren Gruen in Seattle, WA, US.
Patents per Year Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2025 Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2013. peak 2 2009: 1 patents 2009 2012: 1 patents 2012 2013: 2 patents 2013 2014: 1 patents 2014 2016: 1 patents 2016 2020: 1 patents 2020 2022: 1 patents 2022 2025: 1 patents 2025
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Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx Value ⓘ
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Video pass-through computing system
Weige Chen , Michael George Boulton , Roberta R. MOEUR
2025-05-06
11514649
Camera for augmented reality display
Weige Chen , Michael George Boulton , Roberta R. MOEUR , Bernard C. Kress
2022-11-29
$189,674,000
10755296
Providing rewards and metrics for completion of microtasks
Jaime Teevan , Saleema Amershi , Shamsi Tamara Iqbal , Daniel J. Liebling , Semiha Ece Kamar Eden +5 more
2020-08-25
$144,218,000
9491038
Content virality determination and visualization
Jake Hofman , Sharad Goel , Duncan James Watts
2016-11-08
$43,120,000
8733951
Projected image enhancement
Daniel Richard Christen
2014-05-27
$33,362,000
8597569
Self-sterilizing user input device
James F. St. George
2013-12-03
$38,608,000
8538686
Transport-dependent prediction of destinations
John C. Krumm
2013-09-17
$24,820,000
8146003
Efficient text input for game controllers and handheld devices
Richard L. Hughes , Jessica Miller
2012-03-27
$17,566,000
7557774
Displaying visually correct pointer movements on a multi-monitor display system
Patrick Baudisch , Edward B. Cutrell , Kenneth P. Hinckley
2009-07-07
$34,063,000