Inventor

VILLAR NICOLAS

GB60 patents

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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

32 patents

US9703896B2Jul 11, 2017

Generation of custom modular objects

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC123 citations98

US9555326B2Jan 31, 2017

Gaming system for modular toys

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC22 citations90

US10942615B2Mar 9, 2021

Reconfigurable clip-on modules for mobile computing devices

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC10 citations86

US9636871B2May 2, 2017

Optimizing 3D printing using segmentation or aggregation

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC13 citations84

US9696757B2Jul 4, 2017

Transfer of attributes between generations of characters

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC5 citations83

US9592443B2Mar 14, 2017

Data store for a modular assembly system

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC6 citations83

US9848825B2Dec 26, 2017

Wearable sensing band

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC13 citations82

US9914066B2Mar 13, 2018

Electromagnetically coupled building blocks

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC13 citations81

US10188939B2Jan 29, 2019

Modular construction for interacting with software

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC7 citations79

US10518188B2Dec 31, 2019

Controlling physical toys using a physics engine

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations73

US10478723B2Nov 19, 2019

Track based play systems

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC5 citations73

US10437411B2Oct 8, 2019

Reconfigurable clip-on modules for mobile computing devices

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations73

US10133889B2Nov 20, 2018

Power scheduling for short-range wireless tags

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC6 citations72

US10089253B2Oct 2, 2018

Data store for a modular assembly system

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations72

US9933891B2Apr 3, 2018

User input comprising an event and detected motion

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations72

US9919226B2Mar 20, 2018

Storage and charging device for game pieces

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC6 citations72

US10694960B2Jun 30, 2020

Wearable pulse pressure wave sensing device

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations71

US10076252B2Sep 18, 2018

Sizable wrist-worn pressure sensing device

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC5 citations71

US10537821B2Jan 21, 2020

Interactive play sets

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations70

US10150043B2Dec 11, 2018

Interactive smart beads

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC4 citations70

US10159894B2Dec 25, 2018

Gaming system for modular toys

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations69

US12015538B2Jun 18, 2024

Specifying link layer information in a URL

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations63

US11349746B2May 31, 2022

Specifying link layer information in a URL

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations63

US10500497B2Dec 10, 2019

Transfer of attributes between generations of characters

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1 citations61

US10445437B2Oct 15, 2019

Generation of custom modular objects

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1 citations61

US10369477B2Aug 6, 2019

Management of resources within a virtual world

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1 citations61

US9851809B2Dec 26, 2017

User interface control using a keyboard

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1 citations61

US9292194B2Mar 22, 2016

User interface control using a keyboard

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1 citations61

US11344214B2May 31, 2022

Wearable pulse pressure wave sensing device

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations60

US10709383B2Jul 14, 2020

Wrist-worn pulse transit time sensor

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1 citations59

US10574560B2Feb 25, 2020

Specifying link layer information in a URL

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations52

US10564793B2Feb 18, 2020

Reconfigurable clip-on modules for mobile computing devices

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations52

MICROSOFT CORP

3 patents

US8858335B2Oct 14, 2014

Reconfigurable clip-on modules for mobile computing devices

MICROSOFT CORP17 citations92

US8042949B2Oct 25, 2011

Projection of images onto tangible user interfaces

MICROSOFT CORP25 citations92

US9526979B2Dec 27, 2016

Storing state for physical modular toys

MICROSOFT CORP15 citations83

BUTLER DAVID ALEXANDER

3 patents

US8502816B2Aug 6, 2013

Tabletop display providing multiple views to users

BUTLER DAVID ALEXANDER19 citations92

US9703398B2Jul 11, 2017

Pointing device using proximity sensing

BUTLER DAVID ALEXANDER2 citations72

US8704822B2Apr 22, 2014

Volumetric display system enabling user interaction

BUTLER DAVID ALEXANDER5 citations72

TAYLOR STUART

2 patents

US8400410B2Mar 19, 2013

Ferromagnetic user interfaces

TAYLOR STUART79 citations96

US8272743B2Sep 25, 2012

Projection of images onto tangible user interfaces

TAYLOR STUART21 citations91

ROSENFELD DANIEL

2 patents

US8982051B2Mar 17, 2015

Detecting touch on a surface

ROSENFELD DANIEL21 citations91

US9317140B2Apr 19, 2016

Method of making a multi-touch input device for detecting touch on a curved surface

ROSENFELD DANIEL12 citations83

HELMES JOHN

2 patents

US9086741B2Jul 21, 2015

User input device

HELMES JOHN12 citations82

US9513798B2Dec 6, 2016

Indirect multi-touch interaction

HELMES JOHN6 citations71

VILLAR NICOLAS

1 patent

US9383973B2Jul 5, 2016

Code suggestions

VILLAR NICOLAS37 citations90

SCOTT JAMES

1 patent

US8478917B2Jul 2, 2013

Automatic addressing protocol for a shared bus

SCOTT JAMES30 citations89

LAFAVE HARPER

1 patent

US8471814B2Jun 25, 2013

User interface control using a keyboard

LAFAVE HARPER29 citations88

BENKO HRVOJE

1 patent

US8446367B2May 21, 2013

Camera-based multi-touch mouse

BENKO HRVOJE8 citations84

GONG NAN-WEI

1 patent

US9077343B2Jul 7, 2015

Sensing floor for locating people and devices

GONG NAN-WEI9 citations79

KIRK DAVID

1 patent

US8489569B2Jul 16, 2013

Digital media retrieval and display

KIRK DAVID3 citations60

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