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Stephen Proteau — 9 Patents

Microsoft: 9 patents #4,919 of 40,388Top 15%
Bothell, WA: #348 of 2,342 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #11,701 of 76,902 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Stephen Proteau has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in September 2018. Stephen Proteau ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Stephen Proteau in Bothell, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10068370 Render-time linking of shaders Luke Olsen, Jeff Bloomfield, Simon Tao 2018-09-04 $55,037,000
9019292 Reordering graph execution for processing optimization Jeffrey Ryan Bloomfield, Michael Vincent Onepro 2015-04-28 $45,675,000
8761543 Image processing using bounds adjustment Jeffrey Ryan Bloomfield, Michael V. Oneppo 2014-06-24 $40,583,000
8099464 Method and apparatus for providing an instant message notification Hillel Noah Cooperman, Mark R. Ligameri, Austina M. De Bonte, Kathleen B McNamee, Cornelis K. Van Dok 2012-01-17 $17,044,000
7545389 Encoding ClearType text for use on alpha blended textures Robert F. Day 2009-06-09 $30,586,000
7216292 System and method for populating forms with previously used data values Erik Snapper, Julian Jiggins, Bharat Shyam, Hadi Partovi, Eric R. Berman +4 more 2007-05-08 $50,101,000
7184588 System and method for minimizing display image size by approximating pixel display attributes Jingyang Xu 2007-02-27 $31,612,000
7177464 System and method for approximating pixel color utilizing an optimized octree Jingyang Xu 2007-02-13 $37,863,000
6907447 Method and apparatus for providing an instant message notification Hillel Noah Cooperman, Mark R. Ligameri, Austina M. De Bonte, Kathleen B McNamee, Cornelis K. Van Dok 2005-06-14 $32,634,000