Patents by Inventor Joseph N. Chirilov

Joseph N. Chirilov 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).

  • Block properties and calculated columns in a spreadsheet application
    Patent number: 10380238
    Abstract: Block properties and improved calculated columns properties are provided in a spreadsheet application. Once block properties are set for a group of spreadsheet cells or a spreadsheet list, the properties may be applied to the entire group of selected cells or list as opposed to requiring application of properties to individual cells. If rows or columns are added to the group of selected cells or list, properties applied to the group of cells or list are automatically applied to the new rows or columns. Block properties also provide for intelligent-behaving list borders where list borders are not corrupted by the movement or changing of columns or rows sharing edges with a list border. Calculated columns are a type of block property that extends the functionality of formulas throughout an entire column of an associated group of cells or list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph N. Chirilov, Dennis R. Newland, Eoin J. Burke, Hannah W. Zhou, John C. Haymond, Juha P. Niemisto, Robert C. Collie, Robert W. Coffen, Thao Moua
  • BLOCK PROPERTIES AND CALCULATED COLUMNS IN A SPREADSHEET APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20140115434
    Abstract: Block properties and improved calculated columns properties are provided in a spreadsheet application. Once block properties are set for a group of spreadsheet cells or a spreadsheet list, the properties may be applied to the entire group of selected cells or list as opposed to requiring application of properties to individual cells. If rows or columns are added to the group of selected cells or list, properties applied to the group of cells or list are automatically applied to the new rows or columns. Block properties also provide for intelligent-behaving list borders where list borders are not corrupted by the movement or changing of columns or rows sharing edges with a list border. Calculated columns are a type of block property that extends the functionality of formulas throughout an entire column of an associated group of cells or list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Chirilov, Dennis R. Newland, Eoin J. Burke, Hannah W. Zhou, John C. Haymond, Juha P. Niemisto, Robert C. Collie, Robert W. Coffen, Thao Moua