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Frank Ludolph
Also filed as: LUDOLPH FRANK · LUDOLPH FRANK E
22 granted patents·1 pending application·2,776 citations·filing 1995–2020
97Inventor score
Files withSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10APPLE COMPUTER4CONTA CLIP VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH2KAWAHARA HIDEYA2LUDOLPH FRANK E2
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23 records- 0198US8042110B1Dynamic grouping of application componentsORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 18, 2011·126 cites·20 claims
- 0298US5657049ADesk drawer user interfaceAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 12, 1997·415 cites·17 claims
- 0397US7665033B2Using a zooming effect to provide additional display space for managing applicationsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 16, 2010·162 cites·19 claims
- 0496US7487467B1Visual representation and other effects for application management on a device with a small screenSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 3, 2009·304 cites·22 claims
- 0595US6664983B2Method and apparatus for configuring sliding panelsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 16, 2003·132 cites·20 claims
- 0695US5874958AMethod and apparatus for accessing information and items across workspacesSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 23, 1999·283 cites·23 claims
- 0795US5745096ADesk drawer user interfaceAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 28, 1998·222 cites·79 claims
- 0894US6239798B1Methods and apparatus for a window access panelSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 29, 2001·289 cites·47 claims
- 0992US8495514B1Transparency assisted window focus and selectionLUDOLPH FRANK E·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 23, 2013·47 cites·20 claims
- 1090US7703045B1Method and apparatus for interacting with objects in a user interfaceORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 20, 2010·29 cites·17 claims
- 1189US6189138B1Visual composition tool for constructing application programs using distributed objects on a distributed object networkSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 13, 2001·125 cites·20 claims
- 1288US6133898ADesk drawer user interfaceAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 17, 2000·104 cites·35 claims
- 1386US6405221B1Method and apparatus for creating the appearance of multiple embedded pages of information in a single web browser displaySUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 11, 2002·190 cites·40 claims
- 1485US5991535AVisual composition tool for constructing application programs using distributed objects on a distributed object networkSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 23, 1999·123 cites·38 claims
- 1584US8886243B1Orchestrated group communicationPABLA KULDIPSINGH A·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 11, 2014·15 cites·21 claims
- 1681US5943053AMethod and apparatus for expanding and contracting a window panelSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 24, 1999·106 cites·10 claims
- 1775US5825348ADesk drawer user interfaceAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 20, 1998·53 cites·10 claims
- 1874US11901719B2Cable feedthrough for feeding a cable through a separating element and assemblyCONTA CLIP VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 13, 2024·1 cites·13 claims
- 1961US8732597B2Folded scrollingLUDOLPH FRANK E·Filed 2006·Granted May 20, 2014·6 cites·20 claims
- 2060US5920868ACataloging apparatus for facilitating the re-use of distributed objects in a distributed object systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 6, 1999·42 cites·26 claims
- 2157US8471873B2Enhanced UI operations leveraging derivative visual representationKAWAHARA HIDEYA·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 25, 2013·2 cites·28 claims
- 2247US12040579B2Transformer terminalCONTA CLIP VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 16, 2024·0 cites·12 claims
- 2339US2007250787A1Enhancing visual representation and other effects for application management on a device with a small screenKAWAHARA HIDEYA·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
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