Patents by Inventor Ken A. Moss

Ken A. Moss has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Auto-formatting of tables in a spreadsheet program
    Patent number: 5613131
    Abstract: A number of predefined table formats are provided for formatting a table. A user converts a table into the predefined table format by selecting the range of cells for the table and then selecting the predefined table format to be applied to the range of cells of the table. The formatting is performed automatically by a data processing system. Heuristics are used to determine the structure of the table to be formatted. Separate parts of the table are then successively formatted in accordance with the selected predefined table format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ken A. Moss, Andrew Kwatinetz