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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 9 2025

67 Utility Patents

#9 in Santa Monica, CA

#3,722 in California

#11,357 in US

#20,847 in the World

Santa Monica, CA, United States of America

Ivan E Sutherland

Forward Citations = 765

Company Filing History:

55 out of 7,621

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

5 out of 10,909

4 out of 830,757

Other

patents

4. 2 out of 1,926

5. 1 out of 4,463

Ivan Edward Sutherland, born on May 16, 1938, is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. He is widely regarded as the father of computer graphics. His groundbreaking work includes the creation of Sketchpad, a highly-interactive program that revolutionized computer graphics. Sketchpad introduced the concept of a graphical user interface (GUI) and paved the way for interactive computing. Sutherland also co-created one of the first virtual reality head-mounted display systems and developed pioneering 3D graphics technologies. His impact on technology and human-computer interaction is immeasurable.

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