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Vincent Ball — 22 Patents

Microsoft: 22 patents #1,491 of 40,388Top 4%
Kirkland, WA: #244 of 3,517 inventorsTop 7%
Washington: #4,130 of 76,902 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Vincent Ball has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in March 2020. Vincent Ball ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Vincent Ball in Kirkland, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10579253 Computing device canvas invocation and dismissal Sarah Graham Williams, Catherine N. Boulanger, Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Hua Wang, John G. A. Weiss +3 more 2020-03-03 $64,161,000
10168894 Computing device canvas invocation and dismissal Sarah Graham Williams, Catherine N. Boulanger, Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Hua Wang, John G. A. Weiss +3 more 2019-01-01
9372571 Computing device canvas invocation and dismissal Sarah Graham Williams, Catherine N. Boulanger, Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Hua Wang, John G. A. Weiss +3 more 2016-06-21 $57,727,000
9367230 Interaction models for indirect interaction devices Sarah Graham Williams, Scott Honji, Masahiko Kaneko, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Amish Patel +1 more 2016-06-14 $42,465,000
8933896 Pressure-based interaction for indirect touch input devices Scott Honji, Masahiko Kaneko, Sarah Graham Williams, Paul Millsap, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz 2015-01-13 $32,048,000
8928499 Input device with multiple sets of input keys Gary Rensberger, Gene Robert Obie, Mike Franks, Steven W. Fisher 2015-01-06 $23,359,000
8614675 Automatic mode determination for an input device Gary Rensberger, Gene Robert Obie, Mike Franks 2013-12-24 $75,678,000
8201213 Controlling access of application programs to an adaptive input device Robert D. Young, Daniel M. Sangster, Marc Descamp, Scott M. Mail, Dennis Meinhardt 2012-06-12 $20,322,000
7631124 Application-specific mapping of input device elements Alice Lockhart, Kevin Smith 2009-12-08 $24,284,000
D594019 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-09
D594021 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-09
D594025 Transitional image for a display screen Mark J. McNutty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-09
D594026 Animated image for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-09
D594018 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-09
D594020 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-09
D593576 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-02
D593571 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-02
D593575 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-02
D593578 Animated image for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-06-02
D590415 User interface for a display screen Mark J. McNulty, Joshua Baber 2009-04-14
D561761 Portion of an electronic mouse Steven W. Fisher 2008-02-12
D546832 Portion of a keyboard Steven W. Fisher, Oliver Grabes, Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen, Kam Wayne Young, Robert B. Hubler +2 more 2007-07-17