Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Benjamin C. Chamberlain

26Patents
16h-index
24Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 21, 1998 → Jul 28, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7770100B2 Dynamic thresholds for conditional formats Physics 309 Active
US6418554B1 Software implementation installer mechanism Physics 291 Expired
US7627812B2 Variable formatting of cells Physics 252 Active
US7634717B2 Multiple conditional formatting Physics 227 Active
US6345386B1 Method and system for advertising applications Physics 219 Expired
US7073172B2 On demand patching of applications via software implementation installer mechanism Physics 191 Expired
US6438749B1 Method and system for restoring a computer to its original state after an unsuccessful patch installation attempt Physics 187 Expired
US7933862B2 One click conditional formatting method and system for software programs Physics 185 Active
US6363499B1 Method and system for restoring a computer to its original state after an unsuccessful installation attempt Physics 107 Expired
US6434744B1 System and method for patching an installed application program Physics 104 Expired
US8286072B2 Variable formatting of cells Physics 94 Active
US6397381B1 System and method for repairing a damaged application program Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US6427227B1 System, method, and computer-readable medium for repairing an application program that has been patched Physics 73 Expired
US6735766B1 Method and computer-readable medium for installing an upgrade to an application program Physics 64 Expired
US7647551B2 System and method for formatting a cell in response to data stored in a separate location Physics 34 Expired
US6317880A Patch source list management Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6427236B1 Method for installing a patch based on patch criticality and software execution format Physics 13 Expired
US9424235B2 Variable formatting of values Physics 11 Active
US8381121B2 Controlling scroll speed to improve readability Physics 10 Active
US7472385B2 Method and computer-readable medium for installing an upgrade to an application program Physics 7 Expired
US8549392B2 Customizable spreadsheet table styles Physics 7 Active
US8914717B2 Dynamic thresholds for conditional formats Physics 6 Active
US9355085B2 System and method for formatting a cell in response to data stored in a separate location Physics 4 Active
US8713422B2 For a given cell in a spreadsheet, evaluating an unlimited number of conditional formatting rules and applying multiple corresponding formats to the cell Physics 3 Active
US11295058B2 Variable formatting of values Physics 0 Active

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