Apple Inc. Active Patents
38 granted patents the USPTO still lists as patented, newest filing first, as the USPTO Open Data Portal records them; the company is the first-named applicant. The application number opens the full record at Patent Center.
- 2014-12-15: Application 29511886; Invention Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Icon; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2014-12-15: Application 14570038; Invention PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2014-11-09: Application 14536646; Invention Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Tactile Feedback for Touch-Based Operations Performed and Reversed in a User Interface; Applicant APPLE INC.; Status Patented Case.
- 2014-11-07: Application 14536235; Invention DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING FRAMED GRAPHICAL OBJECTS; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
| Filed | Application | Invention | Applicant | Status | Granted | Patent | Published as | Inventor name | Inventor country | Examiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-15 | 29511886 | Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Icon | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-12-13 | D774082 | Chanaka KARUNAMUNI | United States | TUNG, MELANIE H | |
| 2014-12-15 | 14570038 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2023-04-11 | 11627412 | US20150098591A1 | John Benjamin Filson Pinida Jan Moolsintong Emery A. Sanford | United States United States United States | MONIKANG, GEORGE C |
| 2014-11-09 | 14536646 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Tactile Feedback for Touch-Based Operations Performed and Reversed in a User Interface | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2019-01-08 | 10175757 | US20150067496A1 | Julian Missig Jeffrey Traer Bernstein | United States United States | BURWELL, JOSEPH R |
| 2014-11-07 | 14536235 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING FRAMED GRAPHICAL OBJECTS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-29 | 10191627 | US20150067560A1 | Avi E. Cieplinski Jeffrey Traer Bernstein Julian Missig May-Li Khoe B. Michael Victor | United States United States United States United States United States | BURWELL, JOSEPH R |
| 2014-10-31 | 14529659 | PERMISSION REQUEST | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10255449 | US20150347769A1 | Christopher D. Espinosa Christopher John Sanders David L. Neumann Gregory Quirk James C. Wilson Maria D. Ioveva Michael Chu | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR |
| 2014-09-30 | 14503147 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR A PREDICTIVE KEYBOARD | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10255267 | US20150347379A1 | Imran A. Chaudhri Chanaka G. Karunamuni Tiffany S. Jon Jason C. Beaver Joshua H. Shaffer Christopher P. Willmore Nicholas K. Jong | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | WEBER, JOY M |
| 2014-09-30 | 14502937 | FAMILY ACCOUNTS FOR AN ONLINE CONTENT STORAGE SHARING SERVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-09-29 | 10789642 | US20150348185A1 | Megan M. Frost Patrick L. Coffman Maria Dimitrova Ioveva | United States United States United States | BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER |
| 2014-09-29 | 14499519 | MANAGING USER INFORMATION - SOURCE PRIORITIZATION | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2017-02-28 | 9582643 | US20150347690A1 | Daniel S. Keen Justin S. Rushing Jay C. Blahnik | United States United States United States | WOO, ISAAC M |
| 2014-09-29 | 14499512 | MANAGING USER INFORMATION - DATA TYPE EXTENSION | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2022-08-02 | 11404146 | US20150347684A1 | Daniel S. KEEN Eliza C. BLOCK Guy L. TRIBBLE | United States United States United States | NGUYEN, HIEP VAN |
| 2014-09-29 | 14499461 | MANAGING USER INFORMATION - BACKGROUND PROCESSING | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2017-02-28 | 9582642 | US20150347499A1 | Daniel S. Keen Justin S. Rushing Todd Allan Shortlidge | United States United States United States | WOO, ISAAC M |
| 2014-09-29 | 14499449 | MANAGING USER INFORMATION - AUTHORIZATION MASKING | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2019-03-19 | 10236079 | US20150347784A1 | Daniel S. Keen | United States | RAMSEY, PATRICK RANDAL |
| 2014-09-26 | 14498503 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR TV USER INTERACTIONS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-05-10 | 9338493 | US20150382047A1 | Marcel VAN OS Harry J. SADDLER Lia T. NAPOLITANO Jonathan H. RUSSELL Patrick M. LISTER Rohit DASARI | United States United States United States United States United States United States | BUI, KIEU OANH T |
| 2014-09-15 | 14486707 | Identity Proxy for Access Control Systems | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10255422 | Matthew E. Last Giovanni Gozzini Henry H. Yang | United States United States United States | MCCOY, RICHARD ANTHONY | |
| 2014-09-02 | 29501182 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-05-24 | D757079 | Imran Chaudhri Alan C. Dye Jonathan P. Ive Christopher Wilson Eric Lance Wilson | United States United States United States United States United States | OTTE, JOHN M | |
| 2014-08-29 | 29500899 | PACKAGING | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-08-30 | D764910 | Jody AKANA Bartley K. ANDRE Shota AOYAGI Anthony Michael ASHCROFT Jeremy BATAILLOU Daniel J. COSTER Daniele DE IULIIS M. Evans HANKEY Julian HOENIG Richard P. HOWARTH Jonathan P. IVE Duncan Robert KERR Matthew Dean ROHRBACH Peter RUSSELL-CLARKE Benjamin Andrew SHAFFER Mikael SILVANTO Christopher J. STRINGER Eugene Antony WHANG Rico ZÖRKENDÖRFER | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | KOENIG, TUONG VY NGUYEN | |
| 2014-08-29 | 29500897 | DISPLAY STAND | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-10-06 | D740060 | Jody AKANA Bartley K. ANDRE Shota AOYAGI Anthony Michael ASHCROFT Jeremy BATAILLOU Daniel J. COSTER Daniele DE IULIIS M. Evans HANKEY Julian HOENIG Richard P. HOWARTH Jonathan P. IVE Duncan Robert KERR Matthew Dean ROHRBACH Peter RUSSELL-CLARKE Benjamin Andrew SHAFFER Mikael SILVANTO Christopher J. STRINGER Eugene Antony WHANG Rico ZÖRKENDÖRFER | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | DONNELLY, KELLEY A | |
| 2014-08-19 | 14463580 | SIMPLIFIED CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE HOUSINGS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-01-17 | 9548577 | US20150079848A1 | Zheng Gao Steve McClure Joshua Banko Greg Springer Min Chul Kim Joshua Funamura | United States United States United States United States United States United States | DINH, PHUONG K |
| 2014-08-11 | 29499082 | WEARABLE DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-11-08 | D771036 | Jody AKANA Bartley K. ANDRE Shota AOYAGI Anthony Michael ASHCROFT Jeremy BATAILLOU Daniel J. COSTER Daniele DE IULIIS M. Evans HANKEY Julian HOENIG Richard P. HOWARTH Jonathan P. IVE Duncan Robert KERR Marc A. NEWSON Matthew Dean ROHRBACH Peter RUSSELL-CLARKE Benjamin Andrew SHAFFER Mikael SILVANTO Christopher J. STRINGER Eugene Antony WHANG Rico ZÖRKENDÖRFER | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United Kingdom United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | REED, KRISTIN E | |
| 2014-08-08 | 14455303 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING WORKSPACE VIEWS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254927 | US20140351707A1 | Julian MISSIG Jonathan KOCH Avi E. CIEPLINSKI B. Michael VICTOR Jeffrey Traer BERNSTEIN Duncan R. KERR Myra M. HAGGERTY | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | BARRETT, RYAN S |
| 2014-07-28 | 14444842 | SUB-SURFACE MARKING OF PRODUCT HOUSINGS | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2018-05-08 | 9962788 | US20140332435A1 | MATTHEW S. SCOTT MICHAEL NASHNER | United States United States | EVANS, GEOFFREY S |
| 2014-07-25 | 29497631 | Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Animated Graphical User Interface | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-11-08 | D771119 | Bas Ording | United States | TUNG, MELANIE H | |
| 2014-07-11 | 14329859 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-03-21 | 9600352 | US20150040146A1 | Andrew Platzer | United States | MUDRICK, TIMOTHY A |
| 2014-06-23 | 14312672 | ACCESSORY AUTHENTICATION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-12-29 | 9223958 | US20150082049A1 | Jonathan J. Rubinstein Anthony M. Fadell Jesse Lee Dorogusker Adler Mitchell John Wesley Archibald | United States United States United States United States United States | KORSAK, OLEG |
| 2014-06-01 | 29492616 | Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Animated Graphical User Interface | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-04-12 | D753678 | Graham Clarke Paulo Michaelo Lopez Johnnie Manzari Samuel James McCann Britt Miura Henrique Penha | United States United States United States United States United States United States | SHIELDS, RHEA M | |
| 2014-05-28 | 14288616 | CONFIGURING WIRELESS ACCESSORY DEVICES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10257705 | US20140366105A1 | Bob Bradley Andrew W. Burks Gregg J. Golembeski | United States United States United States | LE, CANH |
| 2014-05-27 | 14287747 | Engagement Features and Adjustment Structures for Electronic Devices with Integral Antennas | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-04-07 | 9002422 | US20140266926A1 | Nicholas G. L. Merz Dean F. Darnell | United States United States | LE, THANH C |
| 2014-05-09 | 29490508 | AUDIO LISTENING SYSTEM | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-09-08 | D738350 | Robert Brunner Rhys Bonahoom Gregoire Vandenbussche Nivay Anandarajah Christopher Fruhauf | United States United States United States United States United States | GREENE, PAULA ALLEN | |
| 2014-05-09 | 29490507 | AUDIO LISTENING SYSTEM | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-06-16 | D732000 | Robert Brunner Rhys Bonahoom Gregoire Vandenbussche Nivay Anandarajah Christopher Fruhauf | United States United States United States United States United States | GREENE, PAULA ALLEN | |
| 2014-04-30 | 29489530 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-03-08 | D751064 | Jody AKANA Bartley K. ANDRE Jeremy BATAILLOU Daniel J. COSTER Daniele DE IULIIS M. Evans HANKEY Julian HOENIG Richard P. HOWARTH Jonathan P. IVE Duncan Robert KERR Shin NISHIBORI Matthew Dean ROHRBACH Peter RUSSELL-CLARKE Mikael SILVANTO Christopher J. STRINGER Eugene Antony WHANG Rico ZÖRKENDÖRFER | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | WEILAND, DANA K | |
| 2014-04-25 | 29489127 | AUDIO LISTENING SYSTEM | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-06-09 | D731457 | Robert Brunner Rhys Bonahoom Gregoire Vandenbussche Nivay Anandarajah Christopher Fruhauf | United States United States United States United States United States | GREENE, PAULA ALLEN | |
| 2014-04-16 | 14254282 | Hierarchy of Tools for Navigation | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-30 | 10113879 | US20150300832A1 | Bradford A. Moore Joshua C. Weinberg Jorge Fino Mark B. Larus Sarah G. Barbour | United States United States United States United States United States | HAMMONDS, MARCUS C |
| 2014-04-13 | 14251627 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING OFDM AND TRANSFORMED OFDM | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-02-03 | 8947994 | US20140219240A1 | Jianglei Ma Wen Tong Ming Jia Hua Xu Peiying Zhu Hang Zhang | Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada | CHAN, SAI MING |
| 2014-04-10 | 14249716 | Displays With Silicon and Semiconducting Oxide Thin-Film Transistors | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-11-14 | 9818765 | US20150055051A1 | Hiroshi Osawa Kyung-Wook Kim Ming-Chin Hung Shih Chang Chang Yu-Cheng Chen | United States United States United States United States United States | CHEN, WEN YING PATTY |
| 2014-04-08 | 14247419 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR PACKAGING | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-04-07 | 9001081 | US20140216914A1 | Benjamin J. Pope Shawn Arnold Barry J. Corlett Terry L. Gilton Syed Husaini Steven Webster Scott A. Myers Matthew D. Hill Benjamin B. Lyon | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | HICKS, CHARLES V |
| 2014-03-27 | 14228070 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS WITH OXIDE-BASED THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-02-07 | 9564478 | US20150055047A1 | Shih Chang Chang Ming-Chin Hung Cheng-Ho Yu Ting-Kuo Chang Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari Shang-Chih Lin Kyung-Wook Kim Chun-Yao Huang Szu-Hsien Lee Yu-Cheng Chen Hiroshi Osawa | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | CHEN, WEN YING PATTY |
| 2014-03-07 | 14200216 | Dynamic Voltage Margin Recovery | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-03-28 | 9606605 | US20150253836A1 | John H. Mylius Conrad H. Ziesler Daniel C. Murray Jong-Suk Lee Rohit Kumar | United States United States United States United States United States | BUTLER, DENNIS |
| 2014-02-14 | 14181516 | Housing as an I/ | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2017-03-21 | 9600037 | US20140218853A1 | Aleksandar Pance Nicholas Vincent King Duncan Kerr Brett Bilbrey | United States United States United States United States | WILSON, ADRIAN S |
| 2014-01-02 | 14146419 | SYNCHRONIZED, INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-04-05 | 9305402 | US20140111547A1 | Brett C. Bilbrey Nicholas V. King Aleksandar Pance | United States United States United States | HANNETT, JAMES M |