Zhidong Yang — 12 Patents at Microsoft

Zhidong Yang has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in October 2025. Zhidong Yang ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Zhidong Yang in Bellevue, WA, US.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
12448863	Molded articles of modified polyglycolic acid for degradable downhole tools application	Peixiang Xing, Min Yuan, Jianqiang Ren, Peng Cheng, YU-LIN LIU	2025-10-21
12097577	Split-type multifunctional underwater arc welding power supply and operating method thereof	Yuntao Chen, Shujin Chen, Mingxiao Shi, Chenfu Fang, Kehong Wang +2 more	2024-09-24
11428065	Borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving energy utilization rate of injection gas	Xinglong Chen, Qingxin Song, Shanyan Zhang, Zemin Ji, Yulong Pu	2022-08-30	$3,534,000
10771328	Enforcing device settings for mobile devices	David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant +1 more	2020-09-08	$110,161,000
10382263	Enforcing device settings for mobile devices	David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant +1 more	2019-08-13	$69,160,000
9929904	Enforcing device settings for mobile devices	David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant +1 more	2018-03-27	$58,225,000
9014673	Enforcing device settings for mobile devices	David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant +1 more	2015-04-21	$29,497,000
8626128	Enforcing device settings for mobile devices	David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant +1 more	2014-01-07	$21,622,000
8010997	Enforcing device settings for mobile devices	David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant +1 more	2011-08-30	$14,918,000
7809357	System and method for optimizing network communication in response to network conditions	Gary W. Hall, Omar Aftab, Yaroslav Goncharov	2010-10-05	$18,486,000
7526768	Cross-pollination of multiple sync sources	Jason E. Schleifer, Preethi Ramani, Byrisetty Rajeev, Juan V. Esteve Balducci, Mike Foster +1 more	2009-04-28	$32,077,000
7516478	Remote management of mobile devices	David Paul Limont, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant	2009-04-07	$26,157,000

Zhidong Yang — 12 Patents

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