Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
WW

Wayne Carl Westerman — 23 Patents in 2016

Apple: 23 patents #44 of 3,100Top 2%
Burlingame, CA: #1 of 174 inventorsTop 1%
California: #202 of 57,791 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2016): #981 of 481,213Top 1%
23 Patents 2016

Issued Patents 2016

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9529524 Methods and graphical user interfaces for editing on a portable multifunction device Marcel van Os, Bas Ording, Stephen O. Lemay, B Michael Victor 2016-12-27 $55,003,000
9477331 Touch detection at bezel edge Ari Y. Benbasat 2016-10-25 $74,258,000
9448658 Resting contacts John Greer Elias 2016-09-20 $55,056,000
9430087 Touch detection using multiple simultaneous stimulation signals Christoph H. Krah, Steve Porter Hotelling, Sean Erik O'Connor 2016-08-30 $60,171,000
9411468 Irregular input identification 2016-08-09 $44,625,000
9383855 Identifying contacts on a touch surface John Greer Elias 2016-07-05 $80,430,000
9372576 Image jaggedness filter for determining whether to perform baseline calculations 2016-06-21 $100,795,000
9367167 Bottom-up watershed dataflow method and region-specific segmentation based on historic data to identify patches on a touch sensor panel Joshua A. Strickon 2016-06-14 $73,547,000
9367235 Detecting and interpreting real-world and security gestures on touch and hover sensitive devices Myra Haggerty 2016-06-14 $73,547,000
9348452 Writing using a touch sensor John Greer Elias 2016-05-24 $65,115,000
9342180 Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing John Greer Elias 2016-05-17 $65,705,000
9342725 Image manipulation utilizing edge detection and stitching for fingerprint recognition William Matthew Vieta 2016-05-17 $65,705,000
9335924 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons Steven P. Jobs, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Herz +19 more 2016-05-10 $45,935,000
9329723 Reconstruction of original touch image from differential touch image Ari Y. Benbasat, William Matthew Vieta, Steven P. Hotelling 2016-05-03 $50,088,000
9329717 Touch sensing with mobile sensors John Greer Elias 2016-05-03 $50,088,000
9323354 Suppressing errant motion using integrated mouse and touch information Christopher Tenzin Mullens 2016-04-26 $73,816,000
9310912 Storing baseline information in EEPROM Brian R. Land, Steve Porter Hotelling 2016-04-12 $59,139,000
9311528 Gesture learning 2016-04-12 $59,139,000
9310995 Touch input transitions 2016-04-12 $59,139,000
9298310 Touch sensor contact information John Greer Elias 2016-03-29 $63,298,000
9292111 Gesturing with a multipoint sensing device Steven P. Hotelling, Myra Haggerty, Bas Ording, Nima Parivar, Duncan Robert Kerr 2016-03-22 $58,412,000
9256322 Multi-touch input discrimination 2016-02-09 $133,514,000
9239673 Gesturing with a multipoint sensing device Joshua H. Shaffer, Steven P. Hotelling, Myra Haggerty, Nima Parivar, Duncan Robert Kerr 2016-01-19 $132,245,000