PatentBrief

Inventor

David C. Martin

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1998

Associated with

Years active

1998

Total patents

1

Most recent

1998

Frequent collaborator

Michael D. Doyle

Domains

browsersantitrustoperating-systemsmicrosoftinternet

Activity by decade

1990s
1

Patents

1

US 5838906·1998·University of California San Diego UCSD

Microsoft's Browser Patent — At the Center of the Biggest Antitrust Case in Tech

Microsoft's 1998 browser patent covers the integration of Internet Explorer into Windows — the technical mechanism that was at the heart of the United States v. Microsoft antitrust case, the most consequential legal action against a technology company in history.