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Home
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2021
›
Apple
›
Bernard J. Semeria
BS
Bernard J. Semeria
— 6 Patents in 2021
Apple
:
6
patents
#415
of
5,196
Top 8%
Palo Alto, CA
:
#118
of
2,152
inventors
Top 6%
California
:
#2,940
of
66,859
inventors
Top 5%
Overall
(2021):
#24,739
of
548,734
Top 5%
6
Patents 2021
Issued Patents
2021
Showing
1–6
of
6
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
11188477
Page protection layer
Julien Oster
,
Thomas G. Holland
,
Jason A. Harmening
,
Pierre-Olivier J. Martel
,
Gregory D. Hughes
+4 more
2021-11-30
$261,062,000
11144631
Dynamic switching between pointer authentication regimes
Devon S. Andrade
,
Jeremy C. Andrus
,
Ahmed Bougacha
,
Peter Cooper
,
Jacques Fortier
+5 more
2021-10-12
$318,215,000
11138346
Unified addressable memory
Manu Gulati
,
Joseph Sokol, Jr.
,
Jeffrey R. Wilcox
,
Michael J. Smith
2021-10-05
$251,870,000
11093601
Dynamic switching between pointer authentication regimes
Devon S. Andrade
,
Jeremy C. Andrus
,
Ahmed Bougacha
,
Peter Cooper
,
Jacques Fortier
+5 more
2021-08-17
$294,809,000
10990159
Architected state retention for a frequent operating state switching processor
John H. Mylius
,
Pradeep Kanapathipillai
,
Richard F. Russo
,
Shih-Chieh Wen
,
Richard H. Larson
2021-04-27
$300,345,000
10891369
Dynamic switching between pointer authentication regimes
Devon S. Andrade
,
Jeremy C. Andrus
,
Ahmed Bougacha
,
Peter Cooper
,
Jacques Fortier
+5 more
2021-01-12
$398,981,000
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