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US Patent Office - Delays In Getting Technology Protection

Mequon, WI, January 4, 2010 - Telaric Ideas releases its annual tabulation of the time it takes to get a patent.

Patents in 2009 taking the longest time to be approved for the state of Wash.


7578122 Patent Date:Aug. 25, 2009 12.5 Years to be approved
Title: Rocket motor case using plank sections and method of manufacture
Inventor(s): Irving Edward Figge, Sr., Manassas, Va. (US); and Phillip Henry Graham, Warrenton, Va. (US)
Assignee: Aerojet General Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7590575 Patent Date:Sep. 15, 2009 10.5 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for converting, formatting, and displaying currency values
Inventor(s): Christopher C. Yu, Redmond, Wash. (US); and Stephane J. Viot, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7617453 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 10.5 Years to be approved
Title: Method and system for generating a user interface for distributing devices
Inventor(s): Richard Hasha, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Harry S. Pyle, Bellevue, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7607085 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 10.5 Years to be approved
Title: Client side localizations on the world wide web
Inventor(s): Kenneth M. Lassesen, Kingston, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7594166 Patent Date:Sep. 22, 2009 10.4 Years to be approved
Title: Dynamic web page behaviors
Inventor(s): Anand Ramakrishna, Redmond, Wash. (US); Christian Fortini, Redmond, Wash. (US); Alexander J. Zotov, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Roderick Chavez, Kirkland, Wash. (US); David H. Massy, Redmond, Wash. (US); and Richard J. Gardner, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7536706 Patent Date:5/19/2009 10.1 Years to be approved
Title: Information enhanced audio video encoding system
Inventor(s): M. Ibrahim Sezan, Camas, Wash. (US); Richard Qian, Vancouver, Wash. (US); and George Borden, Vancouver, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, Wash. (US)
 
7505455 Patent Date:Mar. 17, 2009 10 Years to be approved
Title: Optimizations for tunneling between a bus and a network
Inventor(s): James Goodwin, Santa Clara, Calif. (US); Joseph Meza, Milpitas, Calif. (US); and David Zalatimo, Menlo Park, Calif. (US)
Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (US)
 
7573529 Patent Date:Aug. 11, 2009 10 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for performing interlaced-to-progressive conversion using interframe motion data
Inventor(s): Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Digeo, Inc., Kirkland, Wash. (US)
 
7640580 Patent Date:Dec. 29, 2009 9.6 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for accessing a computer behind a firewall
Inventor(s): Igor Plotnikov, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Alexander Sokolsky, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Michael L. Herne, Livermore, Calif. (US)
Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (US)
 
7584112 Patent Date:Sep. 01, 2009 9.6 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for optimizing a multivariate allocation of resources
Inventor(s): Paul Dagum, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); and Thomas A. Chavez, San Francisco, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7512548 Patent Date:Mar. 31, 2009 9.5 Years to be approved
Title: Use of shopping cart to collect and purchase items selected from multiple web sites
Inventor(s): Jeffrey P. Bezos, Seattle, Wash. (US); Sheldon J. Kaphan, Seattle, Wash. (US); Ellen L. Ratajak, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Thomas K. Schonhoff, Seattle, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (US)
 
7624356 Patent Date:Nov. 24, 2009 9.4 Years to be approved
Title: Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets
Inventor(s): Eric S. Rockey, Seattle, Wash. (US); Shannon P. Talbott, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Gavin M. Kelly, Seattle, Wash. (US); Nancy E. Jacobs, Redmond, Wash. (US); Michael J. Hopcroft, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Daniel J. Westreich, Seattle, Wash. (US); Jonathan D. Perlow, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Paul R. Erickson, Sammamish, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7562300 Patent Date:Jul. 14, 2009 9.4 Years to be approved
Title: System for automated comprehensive remote servicing for media information
Inventor(s): Martin Tobias, Seattle, Wash. (US); Beverly Kite, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Mathews Brown, Seattle, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Loudeye Technologies, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (US)
 
7590973 Patent Date:Sep. 15, 2009 9.2 Years to be approved
Title: Systems and methods for gathering, organizing and executing test cases
Inventor(s): Damon Barry, Redmond, Wash. (US); Greg Veith, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Brent Jensen, Bothell, Wash. (US); and Frank Truong, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7509411 Patent Date:Mar. 24, 2009 9.2 Years to be approved
Title: Social accounting system in text discussion system
Inventor(s): Marc A. Smith, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7565692 Patent Date:Jul. 21, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Floating intrusion detection platforms
Inventor(s): Arturo Maria, Bellevue, Wash. (US)
Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7523415 Patent Date:Apr. 21, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Exclusive use display surface areas and persistently visible display of contents including advertisements
Inventor(s): Swain W. Porter, 12511 89th Ct. NE., Kirkland, Wash. 98034 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7571308 Patent Date:Aug. 04, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Method for controlling access to a network by a wireless client
Inventor(s): Pradeep Bahl, Redmond, Wash. (US); and Timothy M. Moore, Bellevue, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7565541 Patent Date:Jul. 21, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Digital fingerprint identification system
Inventor(s): Philippe Tarbouriech, San Francisco, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Microvision, Inc., Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7512899 Patent Date:Mar. 31, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for a unified user interface
Inventor(s): Derek Hoiem, Redmond, Wash. (US); Martyn S. Lovell, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Steve Seixeiro, Snohomish, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7606898 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for distributed management of shared computers
Inventor(s): Galen C. Hunt, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Aamer Hydrie, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Steven P. Levi, Redmond, Wash. (US); David S. Stutz, Redmond, Wash. (US); Bassam Tabbara, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Robert V. Welland, Seattle, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7523180 Patent Date:Apr. 21, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for service chain management in a client management tool
Inventor(s): Steve A. DeLuca, Woodinville, Wash. (US); and Paul B. Darcy, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7603632 Patent Date:Oct. 13, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for creating customizable nodes in a network diagram
Inventor(s): Jeffrey R. Aamodt, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Alexander A. Sourov, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Darius Snapkauskas, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7539875 Patent Date:5/26/2009 8.9 Years to be approved
Title: Secure repository with layers of tamper resistance and system and method for providing same
Inventor(s): John L. Manferdelli, Redmond, Wash. (US); Michael David Marr, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Vinay Krishnaswamy, Woodinville, Wash. (US); and Mariusz H. Jakubowski, Bellevue, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
7543148 Patent Date:Jun. 02, 2009 8.9 Years to be approved
Title: Audio watermarking with covert channel and permutations
Inventor(s): Darko Kirovski, Redmond, Wash. (US); and Henrique Malvar, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
 
 

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