Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Christopher Pratley

47Patents
17h-index
80Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 3, 1997 → Jul 19, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7992085B2 Lightweight reference user interface Physics 296 Active
US7231597B1 Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for creating asides within an electronic document Physics 152 Expired
US9244533B2 Camera navigation for presentations Electricity 121 Active
US7640506B2 Method and apparatus for viewing and managing collaboration data from within the context of a shared document Physics 93 Expired
US6356866B1 Method for converting a phonetic character string into the text of an Asian language Physics 48 Expired
US7574669B1 User interface control for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages Physics 48 Expired
US7062090B2 Writing guide for a free-form document editor Physics 43 Expired
US6442575B2 Method and system for merging cells in a table and for adding an integrated header and a nested table to a table in an electronic document Physics 43 Expired
US7370274B1 System and method for formatting objects on a page of an electronic document by reference Physics 38 Expired
US6049869A Method and system for detecting and identifying a text or data encoding system Physics 34 Expired
US6678865B1 Method for adding a cell to the side of an existing table in a document Physics 24 Expired
US7984035B2 Context-based document search Physics 24 Active
US7212309B1 Best fit printing Physics 23 Expired
US7751623B1 Writing guide for a free-form document editor Physics 21 Active
US7617450B2 Method, system, and computer-readable medium for creating, inserting, and reusing document parts in an electronic document Physics 18 Expired
US6112216A Method and system for editing a table in a document Physics 17 Expired
US7577914B1 Automatically sized computer-generated workspaces Physics 17 Expired
US7409089B2 Writing guide for a free-form document editor Physics 14 Expired
US9026944B2 Managing content through actions on context based menus Physics 13 Active
US8990140B2 Transforming data into consumable content Physics 9 Active
US7599094B2 Optimizing the printing of data on a page Physics 9 Active
US6772110B2 Method and system for converting and plugging user interface terms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7296240B1 Document object membranes Physics 8 Expired
US7757165B1 Method and system for deriving and matching local formatting in an electronic document Physics 8 Active
US7140536B2 Method and system for highlighting modified content in a shared document Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired

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