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Colin M. Ely — 20 Patents in 2020

Apple: 20 patents #69 of 5,223Top 2%
Sunnyvale, CA: #12 of 3,155 inventorsTop 1%
California: #325 of 68,989 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2020): #2,125 of 565,922Top 1%
20 Patents 2020

Issued Patents 2020

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10871830 Proximity detection for an input mechanism of an electronic device Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Baboo V. Gowreesunker, Prashanth S. Holenarsipur, Serhan O. Isikman, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky 2020-12-22 $332,226,000
10852697 Crown assembly for watches Daniel J. Hiemstra 2020-12-01 $185,955,000
10847877 Antenna window and antenna pattern for electronic devices and methods of manufacturing the same Christopher D. Prest, Lucy E. Browning, Stephen Brian Lynch, Eric S. Laakmann, Paul Nangeroni 2020-11-24 $169,360,000
10845764 Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms 2020-11-24 $169,360,000
10841174 Electronic device with intuitive control interface Erik G. de Jong, Stephen Brian Lynch, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2020-11-17 $216,835,000
10732571 Tactile switch for an electronic device John B. Morrell, Duncan Robert Kerr, Camille Moussette 2020-08-04 $153,818,000
10707032 Electronic device having travel-magnifying input/output structure Daniel W. Jarvis, Benjamin J. Pope, Erik G. de Jong, Tyler S. Bushnell, Christopher T. Cheng +4 more 2020-07-07 $144,181,000
10671176 Motion and gesture input from a wearable device Andrzej T. Baranski, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Kuldeep P. Lonkar, Serhan O. Isikman, Stephen Brian Lynch +3 more 2020-06-02 $124,146,000
10664074 Contact-sensitive crown for an electronic watch Camille Moussette, Duncan Robert Kerr, John B. Morrell 2020-05-26 $104,456,000
10655988 Watch with rotatable optical encoder having a spindle defining an array of alternating regions extending along an axial direction parallel to the axis of a shaft Paisith P. Boonsom, Serhan O. Isikman, Richard Ruh, Prashanth S. Holenarsipur, William N. Pickeral +5 more 2020-05-19 $120,639,000
10624217 Yttria-sensitized zirconia Naoto Matsuyuki, Dale N. Memering, Theodore A. Waniuk, Kazuya Takagi 2020-04-14 $120,660,000
10613685 Rejection of false turns of rotary inputs for electronic devices Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Samuel Bruce Weiss 2020-04-07 $84,122,000
10606218 Ceramic weave for low-cost, structural, antenna-permeable watch case Scott W. Slabaugh 2020-03-31 $77,902,000
10572053 Force-detecting input structure Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2020-02-25 $96,466,000
10566687 Antenna window and antenna pattern for electronic devices and methods of manufacturing the same Christopher D. Prest, Lucy E. Browning, Stephen Brian Lynch, Eric S. Laakmann, Paul Nangeroni 2020-02-18 $93,096,000
10561033 Ceramic sintering for uniform color for a housing of an electronic device Dale N. Memering, Kazuya Takagi, Naoto Matsuyuki, Theodore A. Waniuk 2020-02-11 $152,172,000
D874458 Housing for an electronic device Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou +31 more 2020-02-04
10551798 Rotatable crown for an electronic device Tyler S. Bushnell, Adam T. Clavelle, Christopher M. Werner, Stephen N. Sweet, Sriram Moorthy +1 more 2020-02-04 $97,170,000
10542628 Enclosure for an electronic device having a shell and internal chassis Christopher D. Prest, Naoto Matsuyuki, Joseph C. Poole 2020-01-21 $192,528,000
10542338 Concealed connector for an electronic device Brad G. Boozer, Benjamin J. Kallman 2020-01-21 $192,528,000