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William M. Crow — 15 Patents

Microsoft: 7 patents #6,431 of 40,388Top 20%
HP: 6 patents #3,252 of 7,018Top 50%
ALAustin Consultants Limited: 1 patents #6 of 19Top 35%
Sequim, WA: #4 of 87 inventorsTop 5%
Washington: #6,706 of 76,902 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
William M. Crow has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in August 2019. William M. Crow ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list William M. Crow in Sequim, WA, US.

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Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10394221 3D printing using 3D video data Kristofer N. Iverson, Patrick Sweeney, Dennis Evseev, Steven C. Sullivan, Alvaro Collet Romea +3 more 2019-08-27 $69,371,000
9578076 Visual communication using a robotic device Charles F. Olivier, III, Jean Sebastien Fouillade, Francois Burianek, Russ Sanchez 2017-02-21 $41,519,000
8463776 Image file container Geoffrey Dunbar, Kirt Debique, Joseph D. Ternasky 2013-06-11 $24,362,000
7492375 High dynamic range image viewing on low dynamic range displays Kentaro Toyama, Matthew Uyttendaele 2009-02-17 $27,209,000
7480382 Image file container Geoffrey Dunbar, Joseph D. Ternasky, Kirt Debique 2009-01-20 $33,255,000
7362462 System and method for rules-based image acquisition Vladimir Sadovsky, Cyra Richardson 2008-04-22 $29,927,000
7348993 System and method for obtaining accurate image content Michael Stokes 2008-03-25 $28,373,000
5899996 Method for copying linked data objects with selective copying of children objects John A. Dysart, Peter S. Showman, Peter M. Williams, Brian W. McBride, John R. F. Senior +2 more 1999-05-04 $30,283,000
5832266 Encapsulation of applications for inclusion within an object management facility environment Yitzchak Ehrlich 1998-11-03 $43,683,000
5625809 Method for constructing a data structure which allows data to be shared between programs John A. Dysart, Peter S. Showman, Peter M. Williams, Brian W. McBride, John R. F. Senior +2 more 1997-04-29 $56,413,000
5185885 Object database deletion method for child objects when a child may be linked to multiple parent objects John A. Dysart, Peter S. Showman, Peter M. Williams, Brian W. McBride, John R. F. Senior +2 more 1993-02-09 $13,655,000
5175848 Method for copying linked data objects with selective copying of children objects and using a link table to record object linkages John A. Dysart, Peter S. Showman, Peter M. Williams, Brian W. McBride, John R. F. Senior +2 more 1992-12-29
5079695 Object management facility which includes a snapshot facility for providing data transfer between two objects John A. Dysart, Peter S. Showman 1992-01-07 $60,695,000
4953080 Object management facility for maintaining data in a computer system John A. Dysart, Peter S. Showman, Peter M. Williams, Brian W. McBride, John R. F. Senior +2 more 1990-08-28 $12,955,000
4328548 Locator for source of electromagnetic radiation having unknown structure or orientation Michael J. Yerbury 1982-05-04