Inventor

Robert Lee Thompson

Inventor
Rogers, AR, US

Overview

39→
Patents
1977–2019
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 39 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Bprimary
A61BDiagnosis17%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television15%
G06FElectric digital data processing11%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication11%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus6%
LOC326%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes4%
B64FGround or aircraft-carrier-deck installations specially adapted for use in connection with aircraft3%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general3%
G07CTime or attendance registers3%
PatentTitleYear
10,423,318Extending playing time of a video playing session by adding an increment of time to the video playing session after initiation of the video playing session201910,116,525Extensible infrastructure for representing networks including virtual machines201810,079,872Subscription levels in an internet-based content platform20189,973,828Monitoring content consumption by restricted account20189,639,186'Multi-touch interface gestures for keyboard and/or mouse inputs'20179,602,358'Extensible infrastructure for representing networks including virtual machines'20179,560,400'Consuming paid media of a content platform'20179,509,798'Subscriptions to paid channels of an internet-based content platform'20169,491,176'Monitoring content consumption by restricted account'20169,465,457'Multi-touch interface gestures for keyboard and/or mouse inputs'20169,148,702'Extending playing time of a video playing session by adding an increment of time to the video playing session after initiation of the video playing session'20159,096,308'Wingtip fin of an aircraft'20158,850,490'Consuming paid media in an internet-based content platform'2014D0617809'Icon for a portion of a display'2010D0617808'Portion of a display screen showing a user interface'2010D0617810'Icon for a portion of a display'2010D0617811'Icon for a portion of a display'20107,566,177'Imaging device assembly'20097,068,301'System and method for obtaining and utilizing maintenance information'20067,054,076'Lens assembly and optical imaging system using same'20067,050,245'Lens assembly and optical imaging using same'20066,744,467'Lens system for camera'20046,589,168'Video gynecological examination apparatus'20036,577,339'Aircraft monitoring and analysis system and method'20036,529,620'System and method for obtaining and utilizing maintenance information'20036,428,470'Imaging system and components thereof'20026,413,209'Imaging system with condensation control'20026,398,725'Endoscope having elevation and azimuth control of camera'20026,348,034'System for single-puncture endoscopic surgery'20026,346,073'Imaging system and components thereof'20026,165,123'Controllable multi-directional positioning system'20006,007,484'Endoscope having elevation and azimuth control of camera'19995,980,450'Coupling device for use in an imaging system'19995,891,013'System for single-puncture endoscopic surgery'19995,846,249'Video gynecological examination apparatus'19985,762,603'Endoscope having elevation and azimuth control of camera assembly'19985,524,498'Motor feedback simulation for test equipment'19964,219,695'Noise estimation system for use in speech analysis'19804,058,676'Speech analysis and synthesis system'1977

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1977–1980Based in Thousand Oaks, CA, US· patent location history
1998–2004Patents assigned to PINOTAGE LLC (11)· patent assignee history
1998–2002Based in Dallas, TX, US· patent location history
1999–2009Based in Rogers, AR, US· patent location history
2003–2009Patents assigned to PINOTAGE L L C (5)· patent assignee history
2010–2018Patents assigned to VMWARE INC (8)· patent assignee history
2010–2019Based in San Francisco, CA, US· patent location history
2014–2018Patents assigned to GOOGLE INC (7)· patent assignee history
2014–2018Based in Mountain View, CA, US· patent location history
2018–2019Patents assigned to GOOGLE LLC (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
PINOTAGE LLC111998–2004
VMWARE INC82010–2018
GOOGLE INC72014–2018
PINOTAGE L L C52003–2009
GOOGLE LLC32018–2019
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Rogers, AR, US141999–2009
San Francisco, California, US122010–2019
Dallas, Texas, US51998–2002
Mountain View, California, US42014–2018
Thousand Oaks, California, US21977–1980