Patents Awarded

Patents issued to me are listed below. At IBM I achieved the 5th level inventors achievement award. Each sequential level includes a significant monetary award and a framed certificate.

Graphical method for creating an object
5,392,389 - 22 citations currently

Method and system for performing direct manipulation operations in a computer system
5,422,993 - 38 citations!

Graphical method of indicating the position of and performing an operation on a plurality of selected objects in a computer system
5,550,969 - with co-inventor Bob Torres, 20 citations

Method and system of providing multiple selections in text on a computer display
5,550,210 - with co-inventor Bob Torres, 6 citations

Children's credit or debit card system
5,953,710 - 16 citations currently
I independently filed this patent while developing www.trademark-search.com, funding and working directly with a patent attorney at one of the top IPL firms. The other patents are from UI work I did at IBM.