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Robert D. Watson — 11 Patents in 2018

Apple: 11 patents #125 of 3,694Top 4%
Menlo Park, CA: #7 of 789 inventorsTop 1%
California: #833 of 60,411 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (2018): #5,170 of 503,207Top 2%
11 Patents 2018

Issued Patents 2018

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10142750 Swapping roles between untethered wirelessly connected devices Sriram Hariharan, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Tad J. DREIER, Christopher S. WIEBE, Ashley Saulsbury +3 more 2018-11-27 $118,719,000
10139860 Power distribution in a docking station Gerhard Schneider, Scott Krueger 2018-11-27 $118,719,000
10110984 Wireless earphone Zachary C. Rich, Kurt Stiehl, Arun D. Chawan, Michael B. Howes, Jonathan S. Aase +11 more 2018-10-23 $108,278,000
10067734 Changing companion communication device behavior based on status of wearable device David John Shaw, Arun D. Chawan, Matthew Gillette, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Jeffrey C. Moore +7 more 2018-09-04 $96,510,000
10070212 Wireless audio output devices David John Shaw, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Gregory Burns, Benjamin Huth BYER 2018-09-04 $96,510,000
10015836 Master device for using connection attribute of electronic accessories connections to facilitate locating an accessory Daman Kapoor 2018-07-03 $126,433,000
9967649 Wireless pairing of earbuds and case Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Rico Zörkendörfer, Patrick L. Coffman, Zachary C. Rich, Jason W. Brinsfield 2018-05-08 $70,060,000
9961431 Earbud case with wireless radio shutdown feature James L. McPeak, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Lee M. Panecki, Shannon X. Yang, Zachary C. Rich 2018-05-01 $111,912,000
9924010 Audio data routing between multiple wirelessly connected devices Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Anthony J. Guetta, David John Shaw, Craig P. Dooley, Chris Saari +11 more 2018-03-20 $80,950,000
9891719 Impact and contactless gesture inputs for electronic devices Darshan R. Kasar, Greg Nayman, James L. McPeak, Edwin W. Foo, Albert J. Golko +1 more 2018-02-13 $82,592,000
9860932 Master device for using connection attribute of electronic accessories connections to facilitate locating an accessory Daman Kapoor 2018-01-02 $85,152,000