The top 50 billionaire inventors

Bill Gates – Estimated Net Worth Today: $103.9B.

Mr. Gates is a genius that produced what we all use and knows (and are using right this second to write this article), Microsoft.

Gates is renowned for his exceptional intelligence, having achieved an almost perfect score of 1590 out of 1600 on his SATs in high school. He was subsequently admitted to Harvard University, but surprisingly, he dropped out to pursue his vision of creating Microsoft.

Today, Gates is recognized as one of the greatest innovators and entrepreneurs of our time.

Here is a short description of some of the notable patents that Bill Gates has been awarded:

• Gates holds patents related to the Windows operating system, including a patent for a method and system for displaying overlapping objects on a computer screen.
• Patents related to digital certificates, secure data storage, and encryption methods.
• Mr. Gates is also involved in philanthropic work related to global health. He holds several patents related to medical devices, including a patent for a method of analyzing blood samples to detect and diagnose diseases.
• Patent for a method of assessing student performance using computer-based testing.
• Patent for user interfaces for electronic devices, such as smartphones or tablets, that use touch-based input and includes features such as gesture recognition and predictive typing.