Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

William J. Thimbleby

24Patents
7h-index
20Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: May 28, 2010 → Jan 28, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8539385B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for precise positioning of objects Physics 30 Active
US8612884B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for resizing objects Physics 26 Active
US8972879B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for reordering the front-to-back positions of objects Physics 22 Active
US9098182B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for copying user interface objects between content regions Physics 16 Active
US8539386B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for selecting and moving objects Physics 15 Active
US10254939B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aid Physics 14 Active
US8677268B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for resizing objects Physics 14 Active
US8593488B1 Shape distortion Physics 4 Active
US10346510B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing handwriting support in document editing Physics 4 Active
US9396581B2 Contact shadows in visual representations Physics 2 Active
US9886230B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for collaborative editing in documents Electricity 2 Active
US10089056B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for collaborative editing in documents Electricity 1 Active
US10489033B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aid Physics 1 Active
US11380028B2 Electronic drawing with handwriting recognition Physics 0 Active
US12056339B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aid Physics 0 Active
US10650565B2 Rendering animated user input strokes Physics 0 Active
US10895954B2 Providing a graphical canvas for handwritten input Physics 0 Active
US11481538B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing handwriting support in document editing Physics 0 Active
US11270486B2 Electronic drawing with handwriting recognition Physics 0 Active
US10795558B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aid Physics 0 Active
US10523663B2 Shared password protection within applications Electricity 0 Active
US10388055B2 Rendering animated user input strokes Physics 0 Active
US11275517B2 Reducing metadata for data structures Physics 0 Active
US10739911B2 Unified drawing framework Physics 0 Active

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