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William E. Kim — 6 Patents

Microsoft: 6 patents #7,433 of 40,388Top 20%
Redmond, WA: #2,188 of 8,547 inventorsTop 30%
Washington: #16,995 of 76,902 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
William E. Kim has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 1998. William E. Kim ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list William E. Kim in Redmond, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 1998Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1998.peak 41996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents19971998: 4 patents1998

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5812430 Componentized digital signal processing Steven J. Altschuler, Lani F. Wu 1998-09-22 $159,150,000
5801664 System and method for transmitting data from a computer to a portable information device using RF emissions from a computer monitor Robert B. Seidensticker, Jr. 1998-09-01 $133,965,000
5739866 System and method for inserting and recovering an on data signal for transmission with a video signal Nathan P. Myhrvold, Gideon A. Yuval 1998-04-14 $290,905,000
5708476 System and method for inserting and recovering a data signal for transmission with a video signal Nathan P. Myhrvold, Gideon A. Yuval 1998-01-13 $345,985,000
5621471 System and method for inserting and recovering an add-on data signal for transmission with a video signal Nathan P. Myhrvold, Gideon A. Yuval 1997-04-15 $220,409,000
5539471 System and method for inserting and recovering an add-on data signal for transmission with a video signal Nathan P. Myhrvold, Gideon A. Yuval 1996-07-23 $258,589,000