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Brad V. Johnson — 36 Patents

Apple: 10 patents #3,225 of 18,612Top 20%
W(Western Digital (Fremont): 10 patents #75 of 473Top 20%
IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
HGHGST: 3 patents #652 of 1,677Top 40%
Intel: 3 patents #10,444 of 30,777Top 35%
LSLsi: 1 patents #2,672 of 3,238Top 85%
HBHgst Netherlands, B.V.: 1 patents #510 of 972Top 55%
HAHyundai Electronics America: 1 patents #75 of 148Top 55%
SMSuss Microtec: 1 patents #3 of 16Top 20%
EMEmcore: 1 patents #132 of 226Top 60%
Santa Clara, CA: #363 of 9,301 inventorsTop 4%
California: #13,468 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
Brad V. Johnson has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in November 2025. Brad V. Johnson ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list Brad V. Johnson in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12460921 Metrology 3D scanning system and method Mio Hyuck Kang, Les Armstrong, Matthew M. Robinson, Marc Christopher Alban, James Clark 2025-11-04
12353119 Camera with folded optics having moveable lens Scott W. Miller, Alfred N. Mireault, Nicholas D. Smyth, Rummel R. Adriano, Shashank Sharma +1 more 2025-07-08
12200331 Folded optics camera and actuator assembly Shashank Sharma, Alfred N. Mireault 2025-01-14
11994793 Camera with end stop bumper Scott W. Miller, Nicholas D. Smyth 2024-05-28 $205,493,000
11934090 Camera with folded optics having moveable lens Scott W. Miller, Alfred N. Mireault, Nicholas D. Smyth, Rummel R. Adriano, Shashank Sharma +1 more 2024-03-19 $131,219,000
11762066 Multi-beam scanning system David S. Gere, Neil MacKinnon, Scott T. Smith, Seyedeh Nasim Habibi 2023-09-19 $175,852,000
11539864 Folded optics camera and actuator assembly Shashank Sharma, Alfred N. Mireault 2022-12-27 $173,136,000
11516394 Multiple layer flexure for supporting a moving image sensor Hao Zheng, Scott W. Miller 2022-11-29 $175,082,000
11493606 Multi-beam scanning system David S. Gere, Neil MacKinnon, Scott T. Smith, Seyedeh Nasim Habibi 2022-11-08 $276,486,000
11057564 Multiple layer flexure for supporting a moving image sensor Hao Zheng, Scott W. Miller 2021-07-06 $305,052,000
10969652 Camera with folded optics having moveable lens Scott W. Miller, Alfred N. Mireault, Nicholas D. Smyth, Rummel R. Adriano, Shashank Sharma +1 more 2021-04-06 $275,793,000
9424866 Heat assisted magnetic recording write apparatus having a dielectric gap Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Peng Zhang 2016-08-23 $22,615,000
9311952 Interfering near field transducer for energy assisted magnetic recording Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Matthew R. Gibbons 2016-04-12 $15,714,000
9263071 Flat NFT for heat assisted magnetic recording Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Peng Zhang 2016-02-16 $13,299,000
9159346 Near field transducer using dielectric waveguide core with fine ridge feature Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Hongxing Yuan, Peng Zhang, Matthew R. Gibbons 2015-10-13 $10,612,000
9142233 Heat assisted magnetic recording writer having a recessed pole Matthew R. Gibbons, Hongxing Yuan, Michael V. Morelli, Lisha Wang, Zhigang Bai +3 more 2015-09-22 $6,847,000
9007879 Interfering near field transducer having a wide metal bar feature for energy assisted magnetic recording Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Matthew R. Gibbons, Peng Zhang, Hongxing Yuan 2015-04-14 $7,498,000
8976635 Near field transducer driven by a transverse electric waveguide for energy assisted magnetic recording Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Peng Zhang 2015-03-10 $17,662,000
8971160 Near field transducer with high refractive index pin for heat assisted magnetic recording Hongxing Yuan, Michael V. Morelli, Jiangrong Cao, Rabee Ikkawi 2015-03-03 $11,625,000
8958272 Interfering near field transducer for energy assisted magnetic recording Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Matthew R. Gibbons 2015-02-17 $16,005,000
8953422 Near field transducer using dielectric waveguide core with fine ridge feature Jiangrong Cao, Michael V. Morelli, Hongxing Yuan, Peng Zhang, Matthew R. Gibbons 2015-02-10 $10,291,000
8773804 Disk drive internal temperature control system Daniel Auerbach, James G. Belleson 2014-07-08
7975744 High-throughput bond tool 2011-07-12
7937952 Thermoelectric cooler with multiple temperature zones 2011-05-10 $2,099,000
7907365 Apparatus for controlling and sealing airflow around disk drive bypass walls Andre S. Chan, Chisin Chiang, Ferdinand Hendriks 2011-03-15 $130,000