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nathan myhrvold , march 8 , 2007 www.nathanmyhrvold.com seattle , washington intellectual ventures , university of cambridge , microsoft research 03 august 1959 nathan myhrvold.jpg nathan myhrvold
 nathan myhrvold ucla m.s. , ph.d. -rrb- -lrb- b.s. , m.s. -rrb- princeton university -lrb-
nathan myhrvold

nathan paul myhrvold -lrb- born august 3 , 1959 -rrb- , formerly chief technology officer at microsoft , is co-founder of intellectual ventures and the principal author of `` modernist cuisine '' .
myhrvold was listed as co-inventor on 17 patents at microsoft and has since co-sponsored applications for over 500 other patents for which his corporation is funding the patent monetization effort .
