Inventor

Frank E. Ludolph

Inventor

Menlo Park, CA, US

Overview

20→

Patents

1997–2014

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 20 as inventor

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

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing76%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests12%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication4%

H04MTelephonic communication4%

H04WWireless communication networks4%

PatentTitleYear

8,886,243'Orchestrated group communication'2014 8,732,597'Folded scrolling'2014 8,495,514'Transparency assisted window focus and selection'2013 8,471,873'Enhanced UI operations leveraging derivative visual representation'2013 8,042,110'Dynamic grouping of application components'2011 7,703,045'Method and apparatus for interacting with objects in a user interface'2010 7,665,033'Using a zooming effect to provide additional display space for managing applications'2010 7,487,467'Visual representation and other effects for application management on a device with a small screen'2009 6,664,983'Method and apparatus for configuring sliding panels'2003 6,405,221'Method and apparatus for creating the appearance of multiple embedded pages of information in a single web browser display'2002 6,239,798'Methods and apparatus for a window access panel'2001 6,189,138'Visual composition tool for constructing application programs using distributed objects on a distributed object network'2001 6,133,898'Desk drawer user interface'2000 5,991,535'Visual composition tool for constructing application programs using distributed objects on a distributed object network'1999 5,943,053'Method and apparatus for expanding and contracting a window panel'1999 5,920,868'Cataloging apparatus for facilitating the re-use of distributed objects in a distributed object system'1999 5,874,958'Method and apparatus for accessing information and items across workspaces'1999 5,825,348'Desk drawer user interface'1998 5,745,096'Desk drawer user interface'1998 5,657,049'Desk drawer user interface'1997

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1997–2000Patents assigned to APPLE COMPUTER (4)· patent assignee history

1997–2014Based in Menlo Park, CA, US· patent location history

1999–2010Patents assigned to SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC (10)· patent assignee history

2010–2014Patents assigned to ORACLE AMERICA INC (6)· patent assignee history

2013–2014Patents assigned to LUDOLPH FRANK E (4)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to KAWAHARA HIDEYA (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC	10	1999–2010
ORACLE AMERICA INC	6	2010–2014
APPLE COMPUTER	4	1997–2000
LUDOLPH FRANK Eself	4	2013–2014
KAWAHARA HIDEYA	2	2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Menlo Park, California, US	20	1997–2014