Inventor
ANDERSON BRET P
US30 patents
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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
10 patentsUS10303325B2May 28, 2019
Multi-application environment
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC14 citations94
US9535597B2Jan 3, 2017
Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive environment
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC32 citations94
US9329774B2May 3, 2016
Switching back to a previously-interacted-with application
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC15 citations84
US11698721B2Jul 11, 2023
Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive environment
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations73
US12175062B2Dec 24, 2024
Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive environment
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations62
US12277429B2Apr 15, 2025
Management of user interface elements based on historical configuration data
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations53
US11726801B2Aug 15, 2023
Management of user interface elements based on historical configuration data
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations53
US9703893B2Jul 11, 2017
Search tool using multiple different search engine types across different data sets
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations52
US10191633B2Jan 29, 2019
Closing applications
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations51
US10565026B2Feb 18, 2020
Containing an application in an immersive non-windowed environment
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations41
MATTHEWS DAVID A
5 patentsUS8296670B2Oct 23, 2012
Accessing a menu utilizing a drag-operation
MATTHEWS DAVID A24 citations91
US8214760B2Jul 3, 2012
Window minimization trigger
MATTHEWS DAVID A15 citations81
US9323867B2Apr 26, 2016
Search tool using multiple different search engine types across different data sets
MATTHEWS DAVID A2 citations62
US8719727B2May 6, 2014
Managing an immersive environment
MATTHEWS DAVID A0 citations51
US8954881B2Feb 10, 2015
Window minimization trigger
MATTHEWS DAVID A0 citations49
MICROSOFT CORP
4 patentsUS9052820B2Jun 9, 2015
Multi-application environment
MICROSOFT CORP103 citations97
US7600194B2Oct 6, 2009
Start menu operation for computer user interface
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations83
US9563352B2Feb 7, 2017
Accessing a menu utilizing a drag-operation
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations51
US7630975B2Dec 8, 2009
Unified searching and running of files
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations49