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Colin M. Ely — 9 Patents in 2023

Apple: 9 patents #209 of 5,567Top 4%
Sunnyvale, CA: #75 of 3,136 inventorsTop 3%
California: #1,592 of 67,585 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (2023): #10,670 of 537,848Top 2%
9 Patents 2023

Issued Patents 2023

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11815860 Switch module for electronic crown assembly Sameer Pandya, Antonio F. Herrera 2023-11-14 $188,958,000
11796961 Conductive cap for watch crown Sameer Pandya, Steven C. Roach 2023-10-24 $205,836,000
11782531 Gesture detection, list navigation, and item selection using a crown and sensors 2023-10-10 $182,572,000
11740591 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
11740715 Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
11720064 Force-detecting input structure Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2023-08-08 $174,735,000
11669205 Rejection of false turns of rotary inputs for electronic devices Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Samuel Bruce Weiss 2023-06-06 $190,322,000
11556190 Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2023-01-17 $260,064,000
11550268 Switch module for electronic crown assembly Sameer Pandya, Antonio F. Herrera 2023-01-10 $215,259,000