Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, unknown· latest recorded location
Microsoft Corporation is named on 19 US grants and 1,193 published applications in this corpus. Its most frequent classification is G06F (Computing and data processing).
- Granted patents
- 19
- Published applications
- 1,193
- Inventors
- 2,257
- Granted in 2026 so far
- 0
- Most recent grant
- 4 Nov 2014
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 16 |
| 2002 | 0 | 157 |
| 2003 | 0 | 211 |
| 2004 | 0 | 328 |
| 2005 | 0 | 426 |
| 2006 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007 | 0 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 |
By publication year.
Technology areas
Share of 1,212 documents
- G06FComputing and data processing831
- H04LDigital communication235
- Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests231
- H04NPictorial communication121
- G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial83
- G06TImage data processing or generation, in general65
- H04WWireless communication networks29
- H04MTelephonic communication26
- G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer25
- G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis22
Recent patents
- Educating users and enforcing data dissemination policies4 Nov 2014US 8,880,989 B2
- Automatically generating music marketplace editorial content23 Sep 2014US 8,843,500 B2
- Variable flash control for improved image detection12 Aug 2014US 8,804,029 B2
- Sensor data collection22 Jul 2014US 8,788,205 B2
- Inter-procedural dead catch handler optimizations14 Jan 2014US 8,631,395 B2
- Multiple-action computational model training and operation5 Oct 2017US 2017/0286860 A1
- Updating displays based on attention tracking data7 Sep 2017US 2017/0255439 A1
- Transfer of attributes between generations of characters17 Aug 2017US 2017/0232347 A1
- Image sensor system18 May 2017US 2017/0142313 A1
- Collaborative Mobile Interaction23 Mar 2017US 2017/0085608 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for displaying internet shortcut icons on the desktop215US 5,877,765 A1999
- Operating system for office machines79US 5,742,825 A1998
- Automatically generating music marketplace editorial content67US 8,843,500 B22014
- Method for compressing a data file using a separate dictionary file46US 5,956,724 A1999
- Query suggestion generation44US 7,984,004 B22011