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Seth Hill — 26 Patents

Sony: 28 patents #1,301 of 25,231Top 6%
FLFlorida Power & Light: 2 patents #27 of 179Top 20%
QSQuantum Spatial: 2 patents #1 of 10Top 10%
SLSaturn Licensing: 1 patents #180 of 329Top 55%
Lemon Grove, CA: #3 of 630 inventorsTop 1%
California: #20,975 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Seth Hill has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in March 2023. Seth Hill ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Seth Hill in Lemon Grove, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2015.peak 62009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 4 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 6 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11609573 Method for the automated docking of robotic platforms Eric D. Schwartz, Stephen Cross, Michael L. Gilbertson, Kyle Bush, David Wendeborn +2 more 2023-03-21 $791,258,000
11345250 System for the automated docking of robotic platforms Eric D. Schwartz, Stephen Cross, Michael L. Gilbertson, Kyle Bush, David Wendeborn +2 more 2022-05-31 $900,257,000
10692279 Systems and methods for facilitating making partial selections of multidimensional information while maintaining a multidimensional structure 2020-06-23
10643379 Systems and methods for facilitating imagery and point-cloud based facility modeling and remote change detection Scott Nowicki, David Brandt, Richard Armstrong 2020-05-05
10178434 Integrated user interface for internet-enabled TV Tracy Barnes 2019-01-08 $607,000
9921716 Minimal and preferential option user interface Hyehoon Yi, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh, Tracy Barnes, Steven Friedlander 2018-03-20
9743149 Search query column for internet-connected TV's Steven Friedlander, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh, Yuko Nishikawa 2017-08-22 $377,000
9578271 Integrated user interface for internet-enabled TV Tracy Barnes 2017-02-21 $374,000
9424471 Enhanced information for viewer-selected video object Djung Nguyen, Aravind Babu Asam, Xudong Yu, Nobukazu Sugiyama, Dongwook Kim +4 more 2016-08-23 $500,000
9137527 Communication signal strength display for TV internet adapter Yuko Nishikawa, Toshiro Ozawa, David Tao 2015-09-15 $552,000
9047005 Substituting touch gestures for GUI or hardware keys to control audio video play Travis Baurmann, Scott Szabo, Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian 2015-06-02 $546,000
9032293 Dynamic iconic setting indicator Steven Friedlander, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh, Hyehoon Yi 2015-05-12 $663,000
9021531 Video searching using TV and user interfaces therefor Jaime Chee, Ted Dunn 2015-04-28 $706,000
8990689 Training for substituting touch gestures for GUI or hardware keys to control audio video play Travis Baurmann 2015-03-24 $380,000
8978047 Method and system for invoking an application in response to a trigger event Abhishek Patil, Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian, Travis Baurmann, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, Dipendu Saha 2015-03-10 $627,000
8881016 Initial setup with auto-detection, contextual help and advertisement space Tracy Barnes, Travis Baurmann, Steven Friedlander, Yuko Nishikawa, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh +1 more 2014-11-04 $181,000
8756502 Minimal and preferential option user interface Steven Friedlander, Tracy Barnes, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh, Hyehoon Yi 2014-06-17 $200,000
8615776 Video searching using TV and user interface therefor Jaime Chee, Ted Dunn 2013-12-24 $261,000
8589982 Video searching using TV and user interfaces therefor Jaime Chee, Ted Dunn 2013-11-19 $119,000
8544044 Up next video guide for TV video player Steven Friedlander, Hyehoon Yi 2013-09-24 $172,000
8456575 Onscreen remote control presented by audio video display device such as TV to control source of HDMI content Natalia Manea, Travis Baurmann, Abhishek Patil, Scott Szabo, Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian 2013-06-04 $111,000
8181120 TV widget animation Steven Friedlander, Thomas Dawson, Ted Dunn 2012-05-15 $146,000
8127335 Communication error message for TV internet adapter Takashi Hironaka, Rajesh Rao, Yuko Nishikawa 2012-02-28 $230,000
8051375 TV widget multiview content organization Steven Friedlander, Thomas Dawson, Privan Gunatilake, Andy T. Nguyen 2011-11-01 $182,000
7797713 GUI with dynamic thumbnail grid navigation for internet TV Thomas Dawson, Ted Dunn, Yuko Nishikawa, Rolf Toft, George Williams 2010-09-14 $382,000