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Steven Shafer — 19 Patents

Microsoft: 19 patents #1,867 of 40,388Top 5%
Seattle, WA: #1,424 of 21,776 inventorsTop 7%
Washington: #5,006 of 76,902 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Steven Shafer has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in October 2011. Steven Shafer ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Steven Shafer in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2008.peak 52003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 3 patents20072008: 5 patents20082009: 3 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8032429 Method and identification tag for asset management 2011-10-04 $15,454,000
7815101 Rich object model for diverse auto-ID tags 2010-10-19 $12,837,000
7735740 Rich object model for diverse auto-ID tags 2010-06-15 $15,264,000
7640288 Schema for location awareness Yinghua Yao, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Vivek Bhanu, Warren V. Barkley, David Buerer +9 more 2009-12-29 $28,457,000
7536695 Architecture and system for location awareness Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Warren V. Barkley, Timothy M. Moore, Geoffrey Pease, Florin Teodorescu +3 more 2009-05-19 $25,886,000
7484664 Rich object model for diverse auto-ID tags 2009-02-03 $26,486,000
7472053 Geometric model database for use in ubiquitous computing Barrett Brumitt, Brian R. Meyers 2008-12-30 $27,759,000
7455218 Rich object model for diverse Auto-ID tags 2008-11-25 $20,714,000
7420466 Rich object model for diverse Auto-ID tags 2008-09-02 $32,109,000
7411609 System and method for optically communicating information between a display and a camera Barrett Brumitt, Stephen C. Harris 2008-08-12 $34,846,000
7321849 Geometric model database for use in ubiquitous computing Barrett Brumitt, Brian R. Meyers 2008-01-22 $59,011,000
7307617 System and process for selecting objects in a ubiquitous computing environment Andrew D. Wilson, Daniel Wilson 2007-12-11 $51,211,000
7250936 System and process for selecting objects in a ubiquitous computing environment Andrew D. Wilson, Daniel Wilson 2007-07-31 $29,904,000
7165722 Method and system for communicating with identification tags David G. Thaler 2007-01-23 $42,788,000
6982697 System and process for selecting objects in a ubiquitous computing environment Andrew D. Wilson, Daniel Wilson 2006-01-03 $40,311,000
6957177 Geometric model database for use in ubiquitous computing Barrett Brumitt, Brian R. Meyers 2005-10-18 $33,178,000
6798445 System and method for optically communicating information between a display and a camera Barrett Brumitt, Stephen C. Harris 2004-09-28 $151,077,000
6708228 Automatic computer input device association Brian R. Meyers, Stephen C. Harris, Barry Brumitt, John C. Krumm 2004-03-16 $64,465,000
6594616 System and method for providing a mobile input device Zhengyou Zhang, Ying Shan, Ying Wu 2003-07-15 $93,505,000