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Wayne Carl Westerman — 17 Patents in 2017

Apple: 17 patents #64 of 3,433Top 2%
Burlingame, CA: #2 of 191 inventorsTop 2%
California: #373 of 60,394 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2017): #2,164 of 506,227Top 1%
17 Patents 2017

Issued Patents 2017

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9846799 Efficient texture comparison Byron B. Han, Craig A. Marciniak 2017-12-19 $103,286,000
9804701 Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing John Greer Elias 2017-10-31 $71,010,000
9798409 Multi-force input device Nicole M. Wells 2017-10-24 $92,448,000
9797753 Spatial phase estimation for optical encoders Baboo V. Gowreesunker, Steven P. Hotelling 2017-10-24 $92,448,000
9778789 Touch rejection Ari Y. Benbasat 2017-10-03 $57,959,000
9778807 Multi-touch input discrimination 2017-10-03 $57,959,000
9772667 Integrated multi-touch surface having varying sensor granularity John Greer Elias, Steve Porter Hotelling, Duncan Robert Kerr 2017-09-26 $86,247,000
9740386 Speed/positional mode translations Sean Erik O'Connor 2017-08-22 $68,357,000
9720544 Techniques for reducing jitter for taps 2017-08-01 $97,661,000
9715616 Fingerprint sensing and enrollment Byron B. Han, Craig A. Marciniak 2017-07-25 $91,885,000
9690417 Glove touch detection Ari Y. Benbasat 2017-06-27 $77,923,000
9652040 Sculpted waveforms with no or reduced unforced response Melisa Orta Martinez, Zhiqiang Gu, Duncan Robert Kerr, Patrick Kessler 2017-05-16 $59,475,000
9632608 Selective input signal rejection and modification Christopher Tenzin Mullens 2017-04-25 $59,408,000
9626032 Sensor arrangement for use with a touch sensor John Greer Elias 2017-04-18 $63,955,000
9569045 Stylus tilt and orientation estimation from touch sensor panel images 2017-02-14 $78,066,000
9552100 Touch sensing with mobile sensors John Greer Elias 2017-01-24 $88,784,000
9535594 Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for moving a current focus using a touch-sensitive remote control Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Nicole M. Wells, Justin T. Voss, Blake R. Seely, Matthew D. Ricketson +10 more 2017-01-03 $61,757,000