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Home
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2021
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Apple
›
Kathryn P. Crews
KC
Kathryn P. Crews
— 8 Patents in 2021
Apple
:
8
patents
#285
of
5,196
Top 6%
Menlo Park, CA
:
#19
of
805
inventors
Top 3%
California
:
#1,782
of
66,859
inventors
Top 3%
Overall
(2021):
#12,742
of
548,734
Top 3%
8
Patents 2021
Issued Patents
2021
Showing
1–8
of
8
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
11204656
Fabric sensing device
Daniel A. Podhajny
,
Daniel D. Sunshine
2021-12-21
$426,305,000
11180871
Fabric items having strands of adjustable appearance
Steven J. Keating
,
Daniel D. Sunshine
,
Daniel A. Podhajny
,
Nicholas Merz
2021-11-23
$239,501,000
11183459
Fabric-based items with electrical component arrays
Daniel D. Sunshine
,
Paul S. Drzaic
,
Daniel A. Podhajny
,
David M. Kindlon
,
Hoon Kim
+1 more
2021-11-23
$239,501,000
11146871
Fabric-covered electronic device
Daniel D. Sunshine
,
Tirshathah A. Hunter
,
Kathleen A. Bergeron
,
Mingjing Ha
,
Shubham A. Gandhi
+3 more
2021-10-12
$318,215,000
11124904
Conductive signal paths in woven fabrics
Daniel A. Podhajny
,
Yohji Hamada
,
Joseph B. Walker
,
Daniel D. Sunshine
2021-09-21
$348,543,000
11076664
Fabric cases for electronic devices
Daniel A. Podhajny
2021-08-03
$263,472,000
10910315
Fabric with embedded electrical components
Daniel D. Sunshine
,
Paul S. Drzaic
,
Daniel A. Podhajny
,
David M. Kindlon
,
Hoon Kim
+1 more
2021-02-02
$228,514,000
10883203
Fabric control device
Daniel A. Podhajny
,
Daniel D. Sunshine
2021-01-05
$299,526,000
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