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Steve Kaneko — 25 Patents

Microsoft: 24 patents #1,281 of 40,388Top 4%
AIAdvanced Digital Information: 1 patents #11 of 30Top 40%
Seattle, WA: #951 of 21,776 inventorsTop 5%
Washington: #3,426 of 76,902 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Steve Kaneko has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in February 2014. Steve Kaneko ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Steve Kaneko in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2007.peak 41990: 1 patents19901996: 2 patents2001: 2 patents20012007: 4 patents2008: 4 patents20082009: 4 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8644481 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2014-02-04 $20,363,000
8443179 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2013-05-14 $29,028,000
8245027 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2012-08-14 $12,366,000
8166287 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2012-04-24 $16,249,000
8127125 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2012-02-28 $31,159,000
7995783 Personal speakers with connection source and target Carl J. Ledbetter, John Ikeda, Josh Maruska 2011-08-09 $12,864,000
7913182 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Chris Schoppa +4 more 2011-03-22 $15,289,000
7827232 Record button on a computer system Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier +1 more 2010-11-02 $23,255,000
7624259 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2009-11-24 $30,187,000
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, Dale C. Crosier +3 more 2009-08-18 $21,161,000
7551199 Computer camera system and method for reducing parallax Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter 2009-06-23 $37,511,000
7548255 Method and system for capturing video on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter 2009-06-16 $26,863,000
7443971 Computer system with do not disturb system and method Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier +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, Dale C. Crosier +1 more 2008-10-21 $32,977,000
7424740 Method and system for activating a computer system Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Chris Schoppa +2 more 2008-09-09 $40,734,000
7372371 Notification lights, locations and rules for a computer system Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Adrian Chandley 2008-05-13 $106,203,000
7240228 Method and system for standby auxiliary processing of information for a computing device Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Chris Schoppa +3 more 2007-07-03 $23,375,000
7221331 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Chris Schoppa +4 more 2007-05-22 $56,073,000
7216221 Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2007-05-08 $50,101,000
7194611 Method and system for navigation using media transport controls Eric Gould Bear, Chad Magendanz, Aditha May Adams, Carl J. Ledbetter, Dale C. Crosier 2007-03-20 $44,982,000
D439903 Keyboard Jonathan A. Hayes, Phil Frank, Jan Hippen, I-Chiang Sun 2001-04-03
D437597 Keyboard Jonathan A. Hayes, Phil Frank, Jan Hippen, I-Chiang Sun 2001-02-13
D366655 Handle for a computer joystick Russell Sanchez, Mike M. Paull, Henry Chin, Robert J. Dillon, Michael Knodt +1 more 1996-01-30
D366475 Base for a computer joystick Russell Sanchez, Mike M. Paull, Henry Chin, Robert J. Dillon, Michael Knodt +1 more 1996-01-23
D313011 Data cartridge backup unit Nathan H. Searle, Jeffrey C. Brown 1990-12-18