Apple Inc. Active Patents
49 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.
- 2017-12-29: Application 15858175; Invention USER INTERFACE FOR CAMERA EFFECTS; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2017-12-21: Application 15850407; Invention MULTIPHASE INTERLEAVED PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATION FOR A DC-DC CONVERTER; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2017-12-06: Application 15833618; Invention CHARACTER RECOGNITION ON A COMPUTING DEVICE; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2017-12-05: Application 15832606; Invention COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR ASSEMBLY; Applicant Apple Inc.; Status Patented Case.
| Filed | Application | Invention | Applicant | Status | Granted | Patent | Published as | Inventor name | Inventor country | Examiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-29 | 15858175 | USER INTERFACE FOR CAMERA EFFECTS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-11-20 | 10136048 | US20180146132A1 | Behkish J. Manzari Marek Bereza Pavel Pivoñka | United States United States United States | HALIYUR, PADMA |
| 2017-12-21 | 15850407 | MULTIPHASE INTERLEAVED PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATION FOR A DC-DC CONVERTER | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10256728 | Michael Couleur Fabio Ongaro Nikola Jovanovic Frank Trautmann | Germany Germany Germany Germany | PATEL, RAJNIKANT B | |
| 2017-12-06 | 15833618 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION ON A COMPUTING DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-07-17 | 10025499 | US20180107376A1 | Joe HOWARD Ryan S. DIXON Joshua MC GLINN Jonathan LOCHHEAD Benjamin W. KEIGHRAN William M. BACHMAN Elbert D. CHEN Jeffrey L. ROBBIN Jennifer L. C. FOLSE Lynne KRESS | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | LEE JR, KENNETH B |
| 2017-12-05 | 15832606 | COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR ASSEMBLY | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-07-24 | 10034402 | US20180098444A1 | Bryan P. Kiple Charles B. Woodhull David A. Pakula Tang Y. Tan | United States United States United States United States | WYCHE, MYRON |
| 2017-12-04 | 29628331 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH ANIMATED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-05-05 | D883323 | Graham CLARKE Paulo Michaelo LOPEZ Johnnie MANZARI Britt MIURA Henrique PENHA | United States United States United States United States United States | SHIELDS, RHEA M | |
| 2017-11-21 | 15819593 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RETAINING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-05-28 | 10306038 | US20180097920A1 | Quin C. Hoellwarth Christopher D. Prest | United States United States | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G |
| 2017-11-16 | 15815677 | INTELLIGENT DELIVERY AND ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL ASSETS | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2019-01-22 | 10185988 | US20180204271A1 | Christopher B. Chang Sean B. Kelly Olagappan Manickam Thomas Alsina Payam Mirrashidi Michael Kuohao Chu Kevin R. Lafferty | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | DAVISON, KATHLEEN GAGE |
| 2017-11-15 | 15814195 | Head-Mounted Display Apparatus for Retaining a Portable Electronic Device with Display | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-05-28 | 10306037 | US20180084093A1 | Quin C. Hoellwarth Christopher D. Prest | United States United States | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G |
| 2017-10-30 | 29624106 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-09-24 | D861010 | Freddy ANZURES Imran CHAUDHRI Greg CHRISTIE Stephen O. LEMAY Bas ORDING Ryan STAAKE Marcel van OS | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | TUNG, MELANIE H | |
| 2017-10-06 | 15727475 | Displays With Silicon and Semiconducting Oxide Thin-Film Transistors | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-09 | 10096622 | US20180033805A1 | Vasudha Gupta Jae Won Choi Shih Chang Chang Tsung-Ting Tsai Young Bae Park | United States United States United States United States United States | CHEN, WEN YING PATTY |
| 2017-09-20 | 15710397 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN OBJECT THROUGH A DISAMBIGUATED SELECTION IN A MIXED REALITY INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-02-11 | 10558037 | US20180088324A1 | Patrick S. Piemonte Wolf Kienzle Douglas Bowman Shaun D. Budhram Madhurani R. Sapre Vyacheslav Leizerovich Daniel De Rocha Rosario | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | LUBIT, RYAN A |
| 2017-09-15 | 15705849 | DISPLAYING A SCROLLABLE LIST OF AFFORDANCES ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-11-24 | 10845955 | US20180329584A1 | Aled Hywel WILLIAMS Gary Ian BUTCHER Christopher D. SOLI Matthew J. SUNDSTROM Marco TRIVERIO Molly Pray WIEBE Kevin LYNCH | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | NABI, REZA U |
| 2017-08-25 | 29615074 | WEARABLE DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-09-11 | D828352 | 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 | |
| 2017-08-23 | 15684754 | Head-Mounted Display Apparatus for Retaining a Portable Electronic Device with Display | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-05-28 | 10306036 | US20180063307A1 | Quin C. Hoellwarth | United States | NGUYEN, HAI V |
| 2017-08-18 | 15681318 | BYPASSING SECURITY AUTHENTICATION SCHEME ON A LOST DEVICE TO RETURN THE DEVICE TO THE OWNER | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10257709 | US20180063717A1 | Asaf Schushan | Israel | PEREZ, JULIO R |
| 2017-07-31 | 29612240 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-30 | D832249 | 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 | |
| 2017-07-14 | 15649840 | KEYBOARD KEY EMPLOYING A CAPACITIVE SENSOR AND DOME | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254851 | US20170315624A1 | Craig C. Leong James J. Niu John M. Brock Keith J. Hendren Thomas W. Wilson JR. Bartley K. Andre Mikael Silvanto Dinesh C. Mathew | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | GIRARDI, VANESSA MARY |
| 2017-07-05 | 29609756 | STYLUS CAP | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-08-21 | D826231 | 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 | |
| 2017-06-30 | 29609429 | PACKAGING | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-02 | D829548 | 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 | |
| 2017-06-22 | 29608560 | AUDIO LISTENING SYSTEM | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-03-19 | D843345 | Robert BRUNNER Rhys BONAHOOM Gregoire VANDENBUSSCHE Nivay ANANDARAJAH Christopher FRUHAUF | United States United States United States United States United States | GREENE, PAULA ALLEN | |
| 2017-06-20 | 15627852 | PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE USER DEVICES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2021-08-17 | 11095738 | US20180124195A1 | Christopher M. BELL Christoph PAASCH | United States United States | TAYLOR, JOSHUA D |
| 2017-06-14 | 15622617 | Multi-Coil Loudspeaker Driver | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-29 | 10194249 | US20180367917A1 | Sylvain J. Choisel Simon K. Porter David A. Sumberg | United States United States United States | HAMID, AMMAR T |
| 2017-06-05 | 29606509 | Display Screen Or Portion Thereof With Animated Graphical User Interface | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-06-05 | D819677 | Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli Brian Andrew Schmitt | United States United States | WHITMORE, IAN F | |
| 2017-06-04 | 29606391 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-09-25 | D829223 | Kellie L. Albert Patrick Lee Coffman Maxwell O. Drukman Aram Kudurshian Pani Page | United States United States United States United States United States | DOMINO, DANIEL J | |
| 2017-06-02 | 15613054 | AUDIO DRIVER AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT ARCHITECTURE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-03-31 | 10609473 | US20180091896A1 | Craig M. Stanley Simon K. Porter John H. Sheerin Glenn K. Trainer Jason C. Della Rosa Ethan L. Huwe Sean T. McIntosh Erik L. Wang Christopher J. Stringer Molly J. Anderson | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | GAY, SONIA L |
| 2017-06-02 | 15613003 | SUBWOOFER WITH MULTI-LOBE MAGNET | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10257608 | US20180091878A1 | Jason C. Della Rosa Ethan L. Huwe Glenn K. Trainer Simon K. Porter | United States United States United States United States | FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH |
| 2017-05-26 | 29605524 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-09-10 | D859397 | 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 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 States United States United States United States United States | WEILAND, DANA K | |
| 2017-05-26 | 15607354 | Enrollment Using Synthetic Fingerprint Image and Fingerprint Sensing Systems | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10255474 | US20170262688A1 | Byron B. Han Craig A. Marciniak | United States United States | SHAH, UTPAL D |
| 2017-05-26 | 15606920 | Electronic Device Having a Composite Structure | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-10-15 | 10447834 | US20180084653A1 | Abhijeet Misra Steven J. Osborne Ian A. Spraggs Marwan Rammah William A. Counts | United States United States United States United States United States | WU, JERRY |
| 2017-05-15 | 29604053 | DISPLAY STAND | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-22 | D838524 | 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 | |
| 2017-05-10 | 15592049 | FABRIC DEVICES WITH SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY WIRES THAT PROVIDE HAPTIC FEEDBACK | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-01-29 | 10191550 | Michael B. Nussbaum Mark J. Beesley Daniel D. Sunshine Christopher A. Schultz Daniel A. Podhajny | United States United States United States United States United States | LUBIT, RYAN A | |
| 2017-04-24 | 15495861 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR TV USER INTERACTIONS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2021-01-26 | 10904611 | US20170230709A1 | 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 | BANTAMOI, ANTHONY |
| 2017-04-21 | 15493481 | Multiple Controllers for a Capacitive Sensing Device | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-01-21 | 10540036 | US20170220193A1 | Christian M. Sauer Peter W. Richards | United States United States | HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M |
| 2017-03-23 | 15513955 | LOUDSPEAKER WITH REDUCED AUDIO COLORATION CAUSED BY REFLECTIONS FROM A SURFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-05-12 | 10652650 | US20170280231A1 | Martin E. Johnson Simon K. Porter Suzanne Hardy John H. Sheerin | United States United States United States United States | OJO, OYESOLA C |
| 2017-03-21 | 15465409 | Color Ambient Light Sensor Circuitry For Electronic Devices | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254160 | US20170328767A1 | Dong Zheng | United States | RITCHIE, DARLENE M |
| 2017-03-20 | 15463905 | MANAGEMENT OF NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS USING LOW POWER MODES OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10257780 | US20170308150A1 | Ahmer A. Khan Joakim Linde Joseph Hakim Zachary A. Rosen | United States United States United States United States | SOROWAR, GOLAM |
| 2017-03-06 | 29596178 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-06-11 | D851097 | Marcel van OS | United States | CALABRESE, MARY ANN | |
| 2017-03-06 | 15451230 | Head-Mounted Display Apparatus for Retaining a Portable Electronic Device with Display | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-08-29 | 9749451 | US20170187855A1 | Quin C. Hoellwarth | United States | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G |
| 2017-03-01 | 15447030 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-11-28 | 9829916 | US20170192458A1 | 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 |
| 2017-02-23 | 29594876 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH ICON SET | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-09-18 | D828855 | Sascha Höhne Ole Lagemann | Germany Germany | JONES, KATHLEEN LEIGH | |
| 2017-02-22 | 29594787 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH ICON | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-07-02 | D852843 | Alan C. DYE Aurelio GUZMÁN Julian HOENIG Jonathan P. IVE Aled WILLIAMS Christopher WILSON | United States United States United States United States United States United States | JONES, KATHLEEN LEIGH | |
| 2017-02-15 | 15433201 | Dynamic Voltage Margin Recovery | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-16 | 10101788 | US20170160791A1 | 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 |
| 2017-02-08 | 15427516 | USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING CONTROLLABLE EXTERNAL DEVICES | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-07-16 | 10353576 | US20170357434A1 | Patrick L. COFFMAN Arian BEHZADI Christopher Patrick FOSS Cyrus Daniel IRANI Ieyuki KAWASHIMA Stephen O. LEMAY Christopher D. SOLI Christopher WILSON | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L |
| 2017-02-07 | 15426836 | REPLACING DISPLAY OF ICONS IN RESPONSE TO A GESTURE | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-04-21 | 10628028 | US20170147198A1 | Scott M. Herz Imran Chaudhri Gregory N. Christie | United States United States United States | CHEN, KUANG FU |
| 2017-02-02 | 15423437 | Housing as an I/ | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-02 | 10248221 | US20170147087A1 | Aleksandar Pance Nicholas Vincent King Duncan Kerr Brett Bilbrey | United States United States United States United States | WILSON, ADRIAN S |
| 2017-02-02 | 15423213 | MANAGING USER INFORMATION - BACKGROUND PROCESSING | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-05-14 | 10290367 | US20170147757A1 | Daniel S. Keen Justin S. Rushing Todd Allan Shortlidge | United States United States United States | WOO, ISAAC M |
| 2017-01-27 | 15417962 | Interference-Insensitive Capacitive Displacement Sensing | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10254134 | US20180038834A1 | Roderick B. Hogan Nathan A. Johanningsmeier | United States United States | SAINT SURIN, JACQUES M |
| 2017-01-25 | 15415679 | CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS USING ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH NON-NATIVE CREDENTIALS | Apple Inc. | Patented Case | 2022-07-12 | 11386424 | US20170213212A1 | George R. Dicker Nicholas J. Shearer | United States United States | REAGAN, JAMES A |
| 2017-01-13 | 29590919 | DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | APPLE INC. | Patented Case | 2017-12-05 | D804525 | GRAHAM CLARKE PAULO MICHAELO LOPEZ JOHNNIE MANZARI BRITT MIURA HENRIQUE PENHA | United States United States United States United States United States | SHIELDS, RHEA M |