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Steven J. Ball — 24 Patents

Microsoft: 23 patents #1,393 of 40,388Top 4%
RTX (Raytheon): 1 patents #8,290 of 15,912Top 55%
Redmond, WA: #445 of 8,547 inventorsTop 6%
Washington: #3,621 of 76,902 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Steven J. Ball has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in October 2025. Steven J. Ball ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Steven J. Ball in Redmond, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2010.peak 31993: 1 patents19932007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222024: 1 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12436921 File sharing aliasing service Eugene Lin 2025-10-07
12229239 Assignment of authentication types using graphical icons Michael Vincent MCLAUGHLIN 2025-02-18
11886873 Software product upgrade with transparent data migration Maya Neelakandhan 2024-01-30 $372,007,000
11328086 Privacy disclosure Benjamin Richard Vincent, Jeffrey Thomas Sakowicz 2022-05-10 $157,076,000
11132333 File access with different file hosts Scott David Hoogerwerf, David Fields, Michael J. Gilmore, Rolf A. Ebeling, Manav Mishra +8 more 2021-09-28 $328,876,000
10841094 Private and public media data in a decentralized system Ankur Patel, Brandon Murdoch 2020-11-17 $148,442,000
10284492 Control of casting to a media renderer Ariel Gordon, Benjamin Richard Vincent 2019-05-07 $79,455,000
10042851 File access with different file hosts Scott David Hoogerwerf, David Fields, Michael J. Gilmore, Rolf A. Ebeling, Manav Mishra +8 more 2018-08-07 $49,974,000
9798974 Recommending audio sample combinations Jorge Gabuardi Gonzalez, Tyler Brewer, Mitchell K. Rundle, Lindsay D. Verola, Mohammed Ali Salman Mehkri 2017-10-24 $48,823,000
9773102 Selective file access for applications Scott B. Graham, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Sermet Iskin, Katrina M. Blanch, John Anderson Hazen +3 more 2017-09-26 $38,019,000
9372925 Combining audio samples by automatically adjusting sample characteristics Jorge Gabuardi Gonzalez, Tyler Brewer, Mitchell K. Rundle 2016-06-21 $57,727,000
9280313 Automatically expanding sets of audio samples Jorge Gabuardi Gonzalez, Tyler Brewer 2016-03-08 $59,483,000
9257954 Automatic audio harmonization based on pitch distributions Jorge Gabuardi Gonzalez, Tyler Brewer, Mitchell K. Rundle 2016-02-09 $44,306,000
8819586 File access with different file hosts Scott David Hoogerwerf, David Fields, Michael J. Gilmore, Rolf A. Ebeling, Manav Mishra +8 more 2014-08-26 $21,459,000
8176499 Defining, distributing and presenting device experiences Max G. Morris, Marc Pottier, Gabriel S. DeBacker, Mitchell K. Rundle, Dennis Edward Flanagan +1 more 2012-05-08 $25,243,000
8031891 Dynamic media rendering Stephen C. Rowe 2011-10-04 $15,454,000
7831054 Volume control Annette M. Crowley, Frank Yerrace, Mitchell K. Rundle, Patrick Baudisch, Elliot H. Omiya +1 more 2010-11-09 $17,265,000
7788592 Architecture and engine for time line based visualization of data Shane Williams 2010-08-31 $11,672,000
7716194 File management system employing time line based representation of data Shane Williams 2010-05-11 $12,269,000
7541535 Initiating play of dynamically rendered audio content 2009-06-02 $32,982,000
7479970 Systems and methods that facilitate process monitoring, navigation, and parameter-based magnification Curtis Christman, Kaivalya Hanswadkar, Shane Williams 2009-01-20 $33,255,000
7421449 Systems and methods for managing a life journal Shane Williams 2008-09-02 $32,109,000
7227074 Transport control for initiating play of dynamically rendered audio content 2007-06-05 $34,082,000
5208602 Cavity backed dipole antenna George J. Monser 1993-05-04 $7,316,000