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Thomas J. Layson — 4 Patents

Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
Monroe, WA: #63 of 218 inventorsTop 30%
Washington: #23,275 of 76,902 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Thomas J. Layson has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in July 2015. Thomas J. Layson ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Thomas J. Layson in Monroe, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9092598 Version-based software product activation Wen-Pin Hsu, Tarik Soulami, Richard S. Eizenhoefer, Ning Zhang, Anil Bazaz +1 more 2015-07-28 $31,589,000
8984293 Secure software product identifier for product validation and activation Caglar Gunyakti, Tarik Soulami, Kalin Toshev, Jeffrey Paul Harker, Josh Benaloh 2015-03-17 $21,315,000
8775797 Reliable software product validation and activation with redundant security Caglar Gunyakti, Tarik Soulami, Kalin Toshev, Jeffrey Paul Harker, Josh Benaloh 2014-07-08 $25,599,000
7398472 Defining the visual appearance of user-interface controls Robert E. Corrington, Song Zou, Kathryn G Rasmussen, Gamage I. Viriththamulla, Derek R. Westcott +8 more 2008-07-08 $28,005,000