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Thomas M. Olano — 5 Patents

Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
SGSilicon Graphics: 1 patents #400 of 758Top 55%
San Francisco, CA: #8,231 of 26,999 inventorsTop 35%
California: #107,996 of 386,348 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Thomas M. Olano has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in September 2005. Thomas M. Olano ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Thomas M. Olano in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2004.peak 32003: 1 patents20032004: 3 patents20042005: 1 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6943798 Method and system for executing SIMD instructions using graphics technology Mark S. Peercy 2005-09-13 $44,038,000
6747660 Method and system for accelerating noise Mark S. Peercy 2004-06-08 $49,212,000
6717599 Method, system, and computer program product for implementing derivative operators with graphics hardware 2004-04-06 $130,471,000
6707462 Method and system for implementing graphics control constructs Mark S. Peercy, John M. Airey 2004-03-16 $64,465,000
6657624 System, method, and computer program product for real-time shading of computer generated images 2003-12-02 $2,572,000