Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Alan Bush

17Patents
10h-index
19Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: May 28, 1991 → Jun 6, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5416895A System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 229 Expired
US6282551A System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 145 Expired
US5664127A System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Expired
US5502805A System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US5784545A System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US5590259A System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired
US5463724A System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US8819079B2 System and method for defining application definition functionality for general purpose web presences Physics 13 Active
US5949416A Method for providing help information for nested functions Physics 13 Expired
US7702644B2 Data management system and method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8260804B2 Data management system and method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7921112B2 Data management system and method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8645414B2 Data management system and method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10120952B2 System and method for defining application definition functionality for general purpose web presences Physics 2 Active
US10528555B2 Data management system and method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9367584B2 Data management system and method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10631246B2 Task switching on mobile devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.