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Stephen J. Estrop — 30 Patents

Microsoft: 30 patents #855 of 40,388Top 3%
Carnation, WA: #10 of 210 inventorsTop 5%
Washington: #2,583 of 76,902 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Stephen J. Estrop has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in March 2017. Stephen J. Estrop ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Stephen J. Estrop in Carnation, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9589540 Adaptive control of display refresh rate based on video frame rate and power efficiency Yongjun Wu, Shyam Sadhwani, Naveen Thumpudi, Glenn F. Evans 2017-03-07 $28,472,000
9030610 High definition media content processing Matthew C. Howard 2015-05-12 $40,939,000
8902363 Clear rectangle processing Matthew C. Howard 2014-12-02 $33,198,000
8687120 High definition media content processing Matthew C. Howard 2014-04-01 $35,800,000
8654842 Accelerated video encoding Anand Ganesh, Donald J. Munsil, Gary J. Sullivan, Glenn F. Evans, Shyam Sadhwani 2014-02-18 $42,189,000
8428346 Strategies for processing image information using a color information data structure Glenn F. Evans 2013-04-23 $18,172,000
8397069 Methods and systems for protecting media content James M. Alkove 2013-03-12 $20,251,000
8174620 High definition media content processing Matthew C. Howard 2012-05-08 $25,243,000
8176500 Closing a video stream object 2012-05-08 $25,243,000
7929754 Strategies for processing image information using a color information data structure Glenn F. Evans 2011-04-19 $17,129,000
7929599 Accelerated video encoding Anand Ganesh, Donald J. Munsil, Gary J. Sullivan, Glenn F. Evans, Shyam Sadhwani 2011-04-19 $17,129,000
7876379 Methods and apparatuses for facilitating processing of interlaced video images for progressive video displays 2011-01-25 $24,388,000
7839895 Methods and systems for start code emulation prevention and data stuffing Gary J. Sullivan 2010-11-23 $20,310,000
7703141 Methods and systems for protecting media content James M. Alkove 2010-04-20 $23,763,000
7683906 Frame buffer control for smooth video display Jay Senior, Anuj B. Gosalia, David R. Blythe, Joseph C. Ballantyne, Kan Qiu +2 more 2010-03-23 $19,870,000
7649539 Image formats for video capture, processing and display Glenn F. Evans 2010-01-19 $36,771,000
7643675 Strategies for processing image information using a color information data structure Glenn F. Evans 2010-01-05 $31,776,000
7639265 Image formats for video capture, processing and display Glenn F. Evans 2009-12-29 $28,457,000
7548245 Image formats for video capture, processing and display Glenn F. Evans 2009-06-16 $26,863,000
7505485 Methods and systems for start code emulation prevention and data stuffing Gary J. Sullivan 2009-03-17 $13,616,000
7477264 Compositing external images into a multimedia rendering pipeline Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, Jay Senior, Jonathan M. Cain, Gurpratap Virdi, Sohail Baig Mohammed +4 more 2009-01-13 $27,818,000
7451457 Facilitating interaction between video renderers and graphics device drivers 2008-11-11 $25,236,000
7315308 Methods and system for merging graphics for display on a computing device Nicholas Patrick Wilt, Colin McCartney 2008-01-01
7315307 Methods and systems for merging graphics for display on a computing device Nicholas Patrick Wilt, Colin McCartney 2008-01-01
7259779 Automatic assessment of de-interlaced video quality Dragos C Avadanei, Stephen C. Rowe, Gary J. Sullivan 2007-08-21 $25,183,000