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Michael Tchao — 17 Patents

Nike: 11 patents #612 of 2,652Top 25%
Apple: 6 patents #4,834 of 18,612Top 30%
San Francisco, CA: #2,448 of 26,999 inventorsTop 10%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Michael Tchao has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in July 2025. Michael Tchao ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Michael Tchao in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1996.peak 31995: 1 patents19951996: 3 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12354743 Interactive athletic equipment system Christopher A. Robinette, Jason Nims 2025-07-08
10881910 Interactive athletic equipment system Christopher A. Robinette, Jason Nims 2021-01-05 $217,384,000
10226667 Athletic performance user interface Hector Moll-Carrillo, Jason Nims 2019-03-12 $47,714,000
10105572 Athletic performance user interface Hector Moll-Carrillo, Jason Nims 2018-10-23 $53,889,000
9643052 Interactive athletic equipment system Christopher A. Robinette, Jason Nims 2017-05-09 $35,125,000
9278256 Interactive athletic equipment system Christopher A. Robinette, Jason Nims 2016-03-08 $63,065,000
9224291 Athletic performance user interface Hector Moll-Carrillo, Jason Nims 2015-12-29 $56,883,000
8882639 Interactive athletic equipment system Christopher A. Robinette, Jason Nims 2014-11-11 $45,509,000
8585555 Interactive athletic equipment system Christopher A. Robinette, Jason Nims 2013-11-19 $32,277,000
8446378 Athletic performance user interface for mobile device Hector Moll-Carrillo, Jason Nims 2013-05-21 $257,333,000
8088044 Interactive athletic equipment system Christopher A. Robinette, Jason Nims 2012-01-03 $47,473,000
5745716 Method and apparatus for tab access and tab cycling in a pen-based computer system Stephen P. Capps 1998-04-28 $11,759,000
5592566 Method and apparatus for computerized recognition Giulia Pagallo, Ernest H. Beernink, Stephen P. Capps 1997-01-07 $5,471,000
5590256 Method for manipulating notes on a computer display Stephen P. Capps 1996-12-31 $5,273,000
5581681 Pointing gesture based computer note pad paging and scrolling interface Stephen P. Capps 1996-12-03 $9,403,000
5563996 Computer note pad including gesture based note division tools and method 1996-10-08 $18,246,000
5398310 Pointing gesture based computer note pad paging and scrolling interface Stephen P. Capps 1995-03-14 $20,091,000