Mercer Island, WA, United States of America

Emily Zu-ping Yan

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. Active years: 2019.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Emily Zu-ping Yan. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/emily-zu-ping-yan

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 7.0

ph-index = 1

Forward Citations = 2(Granted Patents)


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Years Active: 2019

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Emily Zu-ping Yan: Inventor of a Scrollable User Interface Control

Introduction

Emily Zu-ping Yan is an inventor associated with Mercer Island, Washington. Her patent work includes a user-interface technique designed to make scrolling responsive to pointer position.

Latest Patents

Yan is credited with 1 patent, titled “Scrollable User Interface Control.” The disclosed method displays a scrollable interface with a scroll-control target and responds to pointer input by moving a virtual pointer. When the pointer is within one region of the target, the interface scrolls at a first speed; within another region, it scrolls faster. This approach provides users with different scrolling speeds based on pointer position.

Career Highlights

Yan is associated with Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. Her patent describes an interaction technique for controlling scroll speed through distinct regions of a user-interface target.

Collaborations

The provided information lists Jeremy B. Gup and Paul Gene Byrne as Yan’s coworkers. Their names appear alongside her in the context of her professional associations.

Conclusion

Emily Zu-ping Yan’s patent focuses on a practical interface innovation that lets users adjust scrolling speed through pointer placement.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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