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Rodger Benson — 12 Patents

Microsoft: 12 patents #3,517 of 40,388Top 9%
Seattle, WA: #2,444 of 21,776 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #8,631 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Rodger Benson has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in January 2019. Rodger Benson ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Rodger Benson in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 22009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents20132015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10175938 Website navigation via a voice user interface Andrew Zeigler, Michael Kim, Raman K. Sarin 2019-01-08 $55,256,000
10073579 Techniques to share media files through messaging John M. Thornton, Ojiakonobi Udezue, Jennifer Shen, Dave Citron, Tatjana Fournier +6 more 2018-09-11 $66,069,000
9733788 Multi-stage cursor control Brian Ostergren, Jordan Andersen, Raman K. Sarin, Arnab Choudhury 2017-08-15 $35,271,000
9411434 User interface for operating a computer from a distance Kathryn L. Parker, William T. Flora, Jeffrey C. Fong, Mark Gibson, Mark D. MacKenzie +4 more 2016-08-09 $42,929,000
9047469 Modes for applications Jason R. Olson, John M. Sheehan, Christopher Scott Dickens, Benjamin A. Betz, Matthew Merry +5 more 2015-06-02 $51,533,000
8972864 Website list navigation Eric Voreis, Bo Rohlfsen, Matthew James Schoenholz, Neil Cueto, Michael Kim +1 more 2015-03-03 $20,156,000
8370744 User interface for operating a computer from a distance Kathryn L. Parker, William T. Flora, Jeffrey C. Fong, Mark Gibson, Mark D. MacKenzie +4 more 2013-02-05 $10,554,000
8359361 Techniques to share media files through messaging John M. Thornton, Ojiakonobi Udezue, Jennifer Shen, Dave Citron, Tatjana Fournier +6 more 2013-01-22 $23,352,000
D669908 Display screen with user interface Zachary J. Shallcross, Lindsey R. Barcheck, Marty J. Hall, Mary-Lynne Williams, Mirko Mandic +2 more 2012-10-30
D664557 Display screen with graphical user interface Zachary J. Shallcross, Lindsey R. Barcheck, Marty J. Hall, Mary-Lynne Williams, Mirko Mandic +2 more 2012-07-31
7810100 Employing a servicing user-interface shell to service a presented user-interface shell David R. Fulmer 2010-10-05 $18,486,000
7487460 Interface for presenting data representations in a screen-area inset Joseph H. Matthews, III, Mark Jeffrey Weinberg 2009-02-03 $26,486,000