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Benjamin A. Cousins — 45 Patents

Apple: 45 patents #634 of 18,612Top 4%
Campbell, CA: #91 of 2,187 inventorsTop 5%
California: #9,570 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
Benjamin A. Cousins has been granted 45 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in June 2025. Benjamin A. Cousins ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Benjamin A. Cousins in Campbell, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2018.peak 102017: 2 patents20172018: 10 patents20182019: 6 patents20192020: 6 patents20202021: 9 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 6 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12323757 Bistable hinge for portable wireless listening device case Sean T. McIntosh, Jason C. Della Rosa, Samuel G. Parker, Ethan L. Huwe 2025-06-03
12256186 Wireless earphone Zachary C. Rich, Kurt Stiehl, Arun D. Chawan, Michael B. Howes, Jonathan S. Aase +11 more 2025-03-18
12137312 Portable wireless listening device Travis N. Owens, Karan S. Jain, Lee M. Panecki, Mei Zhang, Julia C. Canning 2024-11-05 $371,466,000
12063466 Charging case for portable wireless listening device Jarrett B. Lagler, Dirk Schmelzer, Sebastien De Rivaz, Tian Shi Li, Phillip Qian +5 more 2024-08-13 $339,634,000
12035094 Ear tip for portable wireless listening device Robert Chun, Priyanka Venkatesh, Thanh P. Hua, Jarrett B. Lagler, Hanchi Chen 2024-07-09 $250,204,000
11979703 Eartips for coupling via wireform attachment mechanisms Sean T. McIntosh, Jason C. Della Rosa, Samuel G. Parker, Ethan L. Huwe 2024-05-07 $289,820,000
11944172 Portable listening device with sensors Arun D. Chawan, Kurt Stiehl, Jonathan S. Aase, Yacine Azmi, Paul Choiniere +1 more 2024-04-02 $162,541,000
11937037 Wireless earphone Zachary C. Rich, Kurt Stiehl, Arun D. Chawan, Michael B. Howes, Jonathan S. Aase +11 more 2024-03-19 $131,219,000
11690428 Portable listening device with accelerometer Arun D. Chawan, Kurt Stiehl, Jonathan S. Aase, Yacine Azmi, Paul Choiniere +1 more 2023-07-04
11540039 Eartips for coupling via wireform attachment mechanisms Sean T. McIntosh, Jason C. Della Rosa, Samuel G. Parker, Ethan L. Huwe 2022-12-27 $173,136,000
11503399 Replaceable mesh in portable electronic devices Mei Zhang, Mohammad Soroush Ghahri Sarabi, Phillip Qian, Sean T. McIntosh, Michael B. Minerbi +1 more 2022-11-15 $272,708,000
11363363 Wireless earphone Zachary C. Rich, Kurt Stiehl, Arun D. Chawan, Michael B. Howes, Jonathan S. Aase +11 more 2022-06-14 $183,231,000
11206473 Magnet array for securing wireless listening devices Qigen Ji, Hao Zhu, Haochuan Sang, Meiting Wu 2021-12-21 $426,305,000
11206472 Multi-layer porous shielding Esge B. Andersen, Mei Zhang, Brian R. Twehues, Ethan L. Huwe, Thanh P. Hua 2021-12-21 $426,305,000
11159869 Eartip with control leak Scott C. Grinker, Esge B. Andersen, Ethan L. Huwe, Samuel G. Parker, Sean T. McIntosh +4 more 2021-10-26 $273,635,000
11026010 Portable listening device with sensors Arun D. Chawan, Kurt Stiehl, Jonathan S. Aase, Yacine Azmi, Paul Choiniere +1 more 2021-06-01 $199,177,000
11026011 Wireless earbud Arun D. Chawan, Kurt Stiehl, Jonathan S. Aase, Yacine Azmi, Paul Choiniere +1 more 2021-06-01 $199,177,000
10986433 Eartips for coupling via wireform attachment mechanisms Sean T. McIntosh, Jason C. Della Rosa, Samuel G. Parker, Ethan L. Huwe 2021-04-20 $214,213,000
10944156 Wireless earphone antennas Carlo Di Nallo, Ethan L. Huwe, Jerzy S. Guterman, Joachim S. Hammerschmidt, Mattia Pascolini +2 more 2021-03-09 $320,530,000
10911863 Illuminated user interface architecture Glenn K. Trainer, Rong Liu, Yupin Sun, Jun Qi, Jason W. Brinsfield +4 more 2021-02-02 $228,514,000
10904652 Earbud case with insert Arun D. Chawan, Kurt Stiehl, Jonathan S. Aase, Yacine Azmi, Paul Choiniere +1 more 2021-01-26 $257,028,000
10880630 Wireless earbud Arun D. Chawan, Kurt Stiehl, Jonathan S. Aase, Yacine Azmi, Paul Choiniere +1 more 2020-12-29 $213,143,000
10804719 Case with a hinge and multiple charging mechanisms Ian P. Colahan, Darshan R. Kasar, Timothy J. Rasmussen, John J. Baker, Shannon X. Yang 2020-10-13 $241,153,000
10796863 Fabric keyboard Christopher J. Stringer, Daniel J. Coster, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Melody L. Kuna, Sean S. Corbin +3 more 2020-10-06 $282,421,000
10785553 Hinge for cases that store wireless listening devices Haochuan Sang, Craig M. Stanley, Arun D. Chawan, Lee M. Panecki, Jason J. LeBlanc 2020-09-22 $196,593,000