Apple Inc. Active Patents
50 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.
- 2016-12-12: Application 29587277; Invention DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2016-12-07: Application 15372133; Invention BREATHING SEQUENCE USER INTERFACE; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2016-11-10: Application 15348204; Invention SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2016-11-07: Application 29583590; Invention DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
| Filed | Application | Invention | Applicant | Status | Granted | Patent | Published as | Inventor name | Inventor country | Examiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-12 | 29587277 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-30 | D832303 | Chanaka KARUNAMUNI | United States | TUNG, MELANIE H | |
| 2016-12-07 | 15372133 | BREATHING SEQUENCE USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2021-06-15 | 11033708 | US20170354795A1 | Jay BLAHNIK Julie A. ARNEY Samuel H. BEBBINGTON Gary Ian BUTCHER Jules K. FENNIS Monica JENKINS Kevin LYNCH | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | KUHLMAN, CATHERINE BURK |
| 2016-11-10 | 15348204 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-07-30 | 10365794 | US20170060359A1 | Imran CHAUDHRI Eliza BLOCK | United States United States | CASILLAS, ROLAND J |
| 2016-11-07 | 29583590 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2022-05-03 | D950573 | Freddy ANZURES Stephen O. LEMAY Marcel van OS | United States United States United States | TUNG, MELANIE H | |
| 2016-11-04 | 29583454 | WEARABLE DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-08-29 | D795864 | 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 Z¿RKEND¿RFER | 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 | |
| 2016-10-05 | 15302163 | WIRELESS EARPHONE | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2018-10-23 | 10110984 | US20170064427A1 | Zachary C. Rich Kurt R. Stiehl Arun D. Chawan Michael B. Howes Jonathan S. Aase Esge B. Andersen Yacine Azmi Jahan C. Minoo David J. Shaw Aarti Kumar Augustin Prats Robert D. Watson Baptiste P. Paquier Axel D. Berny Benjamin W. Cook Jerzy S. Guterman Benjamin Adair Cousins | 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 Canada | GAUTHIER, GERALD |
| 2016-09-23 | 15275197 | INTEGRATION OF THIRD PARTY APPLICATION AS QUICK ACTIONS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2023-09-26 | 11768583 | US20170359462A1 | Jeffrey D. Harris Joseph H. Engel Keith Stattenfield John-Peter E. Cafaro Colter S. Reed Bruce M. Stadnyk James C. Wilson David A. McLeod Alexander B. Brown | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL |
| 2016-09-23 | 15274901 | Head-Mounted Display Apparatus for Retaining a Portable Electronic Device with Display | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-05-09 | 9646574 | US20170011716A1 | Quin C. Hoellwarth | United States | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G |
| 2016-09-23 | 15274260 | Grouping Maneuvers for Display in a Navigation Presentation | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-08-11 | 10739157 | US20170356753A1 | Adam B. Findley Nathan L. Fillhardt Justin M. Strawn Brian J. Andrich Usama M. Hajj Tadayasu Sasada | United States United States United States United States United States United States | TOPGYAL, GELEK W |
| 2016-09-22 | 15273544 | APPLYING A SIMULATED OPTICAL EFFECT BASED ON DATA RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE CAMERA SENSORS. | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-06-26 | 10009536 | US20170359506A1 | Behkish J. MANZARI Pavel PIVOÑKA Alan C. DYE Stephen O. LEMAY | United States United States United States United States | NGUYEN, CHAN T H |
| 2016-09-22 | 15273522 | USER INTERFACE FOR CAMERA EFFECTS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-07-25 | 9716825 | Behkish J. MANZARI Pavel PIVONKA Daniel Trent PRESTON | United States United States United States | TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | |
| 2016-09-22 | 15273503 | USER INTERFACE FOR CAMERA EFFECTS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-12-26 | 9854156 | US20170359505A1 | Behkish J. MANZARI Pavel PIVONKA Daniel Trent PRESTON | United States United States United States | HANNETT, JAMES M |
| 2016-09-22 | 15273453 | USER INTERFACE FOR CAMERA EFFECTS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-03-06 | 9912860 | US20170359504A1 | Behkish J. MANZARI Marek BEREZA Pavel PIVOÑKA | United States United States United States | HALIYUR, PADMA |
| 2016-09-22 | 15272430 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Messaging | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254956 | US20170336948A1 | Imran A. Chaudhri Freddy A. Anzures Tiffany S. Jon Chanaka G. Karunamuni Nicholas V. King Wan Si Wan Darin B Adler Justin N. Wood Roberto Garcia Soin Shedlosky Bethany Bongiorno | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | LU, HUA |
| 2016-09-21 | 15271766 | INTELLIGENT DIGITAL ASSISTANT IN A MULTI-TASKING ENVIRONMENT | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-03-10 | 10586535 | US20170358305A1 | Aram D. KUDURSHIAN Bronwyn JONES Elizabeth Caroline Furches CRANFILL Harry J. SADDLER | United States United States United States United States | SIDDO, IBRAHIM |
| 2016-09-19 | 29578141 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH ANIMATED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-01-16 | D807905 | Lee BROUGHTON Imran Chaudhri Alan C. Dye Jonathan P. Ive Christopher Wilson Eric Lance Wilson | United States United States United States United States United States United States | OTTE, JOHN M | |
| 2016-09-16 | 29577947 | STYLUS CAP | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-09-05 | D796511 | Jody AKANA Molly ANDERSON 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 United States | MURPHY, AUSTIN | |
| 2016-09-10 | 15261924 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE INPUT ROW | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254853 | US20170090597A1 | Mikael M. Silvanto Erik A. Zweigle Jun Qi Christiaan A. Ligtenberg Robert Y. Cao Bartley K. Andre Molly J. Anderson ByoungSuk Kim Dinesh C. Mathew Victor H. Yin | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | LIN, CHUN-NAN |
| 2016-08-26 | 15249287 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-01-30 | 9880590 | US20160363961A1 | Stephen R. McCLURE Joshua D. BANKO Kevin D. GIBBS Benjamin M. RAPPOPORT John P. TERNUS | United States United States United States United States United States | EDWARDS, ANTHONY Q |
| 2016-08-24 | 15246340 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RETAINING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-05-09 | 9646573 | US20160365064A1 | Quin C. Hoellwarth | United States | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G |
| 2016-08-18 | 29574745 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH ANIMATED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-06-06 | D788794 | Alessandro Francesco SABATELLI Brian Andrew SCHMITT | United States United States | CHILCOT, RICHARD E | |
| 2016-08-12 | 15235845 | INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION USING A HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENT | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-29 | 10188288 | US20160345826A1 | Roland H.C. Eberl Heinrich A. Eberl David Dickerson | Germany Germany Germany | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE |
| 2016-08-10 | 15118053 | Detecting the Limb Wearing a Wearable Electronic Device | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254804 | US20160349803A1 | Sorin V. DUSAN | United States | DO, AN H |
| 2016-07-20 | 29571608 | PACKAGING | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-07-25 | D792768 | Jody AKANA Bartley K. ANDRE Anthony Michael ASHCROFT Shota AOYAGI 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 | |
| 2016-07-20 | 15215122 | Head-Mounted Display Apparatus for Retaining a Portable Electronic Device with Display | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-03-14 | 9595237 | US20160327799A1 | Quin C. Hoellwarth | United States | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G |
| 2016-07-13 | 15209718 | MAP APPLICATION WITH IMPROVED SEARCH TOOLS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-12-25 | 10161761 | US20170205243A1 | Bradford A. Moore Joshua C. Weinberg Jorge Fino Mark B. Larus Sarah G. Barbour | United States United States United States United States United States | EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A |
| 2016-07-01 | 15200898 | TAPPED WINDING FLYBACK CONVERTER FOR MULTIPLE OUTPUT VOLTAGES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10256733 | US20170093290A1 | Weihong Qiu Rohan Dayal Zaki Moussaoui | United States United States United States | KYAW, HTET Z |
| 2016-06-30 | 29569810 | PORTABLE COMPUTER | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-08-14 | D825552 | Bartley K. ANDRE Daniel J. COSTER Daniele DE IULIIS M. Evans HANKEY Richard P. HOWARTH Jonathan P. IVE Steven P. JOBS Duncan Robert KERR Shin NISHIBORI Matthew Dean ROHRBACH Peter RUSSELL-CLARKE Douglas B. SATZGER 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 | NUNN, FREDA S | |
| 2016-06-06 | 15174808 | CONTENT PRESENTATION AND INTERACTION ACROSS MULTIPLE DISPLAYS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254924 | US20160283063A1 | Julian K. Missig Jeffrey T. Bernstein Marcelo H. Coelho | United States United States United States | ABDUL-ALI, OMAR R |
| 2016-06-02 | 29566794 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-10-31 | D801387 | Stephen O. LEMAY Bas ORDING Marcel van OS | United States United States United States | TUNG, MELANIE H | |
| 2016-05-23 | 29565613 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-09-12 | D797135 | 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 | |
| 2016-05-20 | 29565475 | DISPLAY SCREEN OF PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SET | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-01-31 | D777771 | Jay Christopher CAPELA Alan C. Dye Alexander Charles Maclean Parthiban Mohanraj | United States United States United States United States | WHITMORE, IAN F | |
| 2016-04-25 | 29562315 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-05-30 | D788104 | 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 | |
| 2016-04-22 | 15136323 | DIGITAL VIEWFINDER USER INTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE CAMERAS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-05-22 | 9979890 | US20160316147A1 | Jeffrey Traer BERNSTEIN Lukas Robert Tom GIRLING Linda L. DONG Henrique PENHA Paulo Michaelo LOPEZ Behkish J. MANZARI | United States United States United States United States United States United States | YODER III, CHRISS S |
| 2016-04-18 | 15030175 | PACKET SWITCHED VOICE SERVICE REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES WITH REDUCED OVERHEAD | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10257239 | US20170171256A1 | Huarui Liang Zhiwei Wang Dawei Zhang | China China United States | TACSIK, ERNEST G |
| 2016-04-14 | 29561220 | DISPLAY STAND | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-06-13 | D789123 | 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 | |
| 2016-04-08 | 29560706 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTEFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-01-17 | D776711 | Graham CLARKE Paulo Michaelo LOPEZ Johnnie MANZARI Britt MIURA Henrique PENHA | United States United States United States United States United States | SHIELDS, RHEA M | |
| 2016-04-08 | 29560682 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-09-12 | D797096 | 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 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 | NUNN, FREDA S | |
| 2016-04-01 | 15089400 | FORCE SENSOR-BASED MOTION OR ORIENTATION DETERMINATION IN A DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254870 | US20170153737A1 | Vinay CHAWDA Vikrham GOWREESUNKER Alex BIJAMOV | United States United States United States | ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A |
| 2016-03-30 | 29559678 | Audio Listening System | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-07-11 | D791733 | Robert BRUNNER Rhys BONAHOOM Gregoire VANDENBUSSCHE Nivay ANANDARAJAH Christopher FRUHAUF | United States United States United States United States United States | GREENE, PAULA ALLEN | |
| 2016-03-30 | 15085465 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR TV USER INTERACTIONS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-05-30 | 9668024 | US20160212488A1 | 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 |
| 2016-03-25 | 15081145 | SYNCHRONIZED, INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-08 | 10176637 | US20160203648A1 | Brett C. Bilbrey Nicholas V. King Aleksandar Pance | United States United States United States | HANNETT, JAMES M |
| 2016-03-07 | 29557222 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-02-14 | D778904 | Jody AKANA Bartley K. ANDRE Jeremy 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 | |
| 2016-02-19 | 15048784 | SPEAKER WITH FLEX CIRCUIT ACOUSTIC RADIATOR | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-29 | 10194248 | US20170245057A1 | Anthony P. Grazian Christopher Wilk Hongdan Tao Scott P Porter Michael Asfaw | United States United States United States United States United States | MEI, XU |
| 2016-02-02 | 15013932 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Radio Interface Selection for IMS Connection Based on Power Considerations | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-29 | 10194383 | US20160316425A1 | Gencer Cili Ajoy K. Singh Ahmet Ferhat Yildirim | United States United States United States | HAILE, AWET A |
| 2016-01-25 | 29552635 | Display screen or a portion thereof with graphical user interface | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-03-07 | D780793 | Stephen O. Lemay | United States | TUNG, MELANIE H | |
| 2016-01-25 | 15005945 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-11-29 | 9507608 | US20160154549A1 | Imran CHAUDHRI Eliza BLOCK | United States United States | CASILLAS, ROLAND J |
| 2016-01-22 | 15004786 | SETTING A REMINDER THAT IS TRIGGERED BY A TARGET USER DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-16 | 10103934 | US20160234060A1 | Ragu Pai Joshua B. Dickens Karthik Narayanan Megan M. Frost Patrice Olivier Gautier | United States United States United States United States United States | HIGA, BRENDAN Y |
| 2016-01-19 | 29552022 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-03-28 | D782516 | Sascha HÖHNE Ole LAGEMANN | Germany Germany | JONES, KATHLEEN LEIGH | |
| 2016-01-10 | 14991968 | LOG IN/ | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-29 | 10192055 | US20170200007A1 | Jonathan E. Drummond Anthony R. Griffin Andrew B. Cato Benjamin E. Nielsen Daniel T. Kurtz David Steinberg | United States United States United States United States United States United States | DEROSE, VOLVICK |