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Ian M. Williams — 18 Patents

NVIDIA: 13 patents #521 of 7,811Top 7%
Microsoft: 3 patents #13,486 of 40,388Top 35%
Shell Oil Compny: 1 patents #2,223 of 4,423Top 55%
SGSilicon Graphics: 1 patents #400 of 758Top 55%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Ian M. Williams has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at NVIDIA. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in June 2015. Ian M. Williams ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Ian M. Williams in Chester, CA, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2011.peak 31986: 1 patents19861998: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents2007: 2 patents20072009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9053559 Method and system for presenting image data to a video output device James H. Jones, Jeffrey F. Juliano, Robert Morell, Thomas True 2015-06-09 $21,611,000
8854380 System and method for rendering and displaying high-resolution images Franck R. Diard, Eric Boucher 2014-10-07 $10,163,000
8537166 System and method for rendering and displaying high-resolution images Franck R. Diard, Eric Boucher 2013-09-17 $3,489,000
8212826 Using graphics processing unit (“GPU”)-generated data in-situ to characterize the ability of a cable to carry digitized video Dat T. Nguyen, Lauro Manalac, Thomas True 2012-07-03 $8,387,000
8031197 Preprocessor for formatting video into graphics processing unit (“GPU”)-formatted data for transit directly to a graphics memory Dat T. Nguyen, Lauro Manalac, Thomas True 2011-10-04 $17,347,000
7995003 System and method for rendering and displaying high-resolution images Franck R. Diard, Eric Boucher 2011-08-09 $11,894,000
7886337 Method and apparatus for content protection Michael B. Diamond 2011-02-08 $12,175,000
7859542 Method for synchronizing graphics processing units Dat T. Nguyen, Jeffrey C. Doughty, Ralf Biermann, Kenneth Leon Adams, Jr., Andrew B. Ritger +2 more 2010-12-28 $12,227,000
7483031 Method for synchronizing graphics processing units Dat T. Nguyen, Jeffrey C. Doughty, Ralf Biermann, Kenneth Leon Adams, Jr., Andrew B. Ritger +2 more 2009-01-27 $9,405,000
7205997 Transparent video capture from primary video surface Thomas True, Adrian Muntianu 2007-04-17 $23,962,000
7159112 Decryption of graphics data in a graphics processing pipeline 2007-01-02
7120816 Method for testing synchronization and connection status of a graphics processing unit module Dat T. Nguyen, Jeffrey C. Doughty, Satish D. Salian 2006-10-10 $28,164,000
7068278 Synchronized graphics processing units Dale Ah Tye, Jeffrey J. Irwin, John S. Montrym, Michael B. Diamond 2006-06-27 $29,786,000
6882347 Texture generating apparatus for dynamic interference checking 2005-04-19 $56,316,000
6545683 Apparatus and method for increasing the bandwidth to a graphics subsystem 2003-04-08 $176,231,000
6397343 Method and system for dynamic clock frequency adjustment for a graphics subsystem in a computer Philip Cheng 2002-05-28 $268,479,000
5774704 Apparatus and method for dynamic central processing unit clock adjustment 1998-06-30 $17,046,000
4568597 Method of and an apparatus for coating a surface of a fiber blanket 1986-02-04