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Brandon S. Smith — 18 Patents

Apple: 16 patents #2,077 of 18,612Top 15%
Mountain View, CA: #1,208 of 11,022 inventorsTop 15%
California: #33,102 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Brandon S. Smith has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in December 2019. Brandon S. Smith ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Brandon S. Smith in Mountain View, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2014.peak 52006: 1 patents20062013: 1 patents20132014: 5 patents20142015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 3 patents20182019: 4 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D870117 Electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +24 more 2019-12-17
D853392 Electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +24 more 2019-07-09
10228720 Internal components of a portable computing device Brett W. Degner, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Ron A. Hopkinson, Patrick Kessler, Bradley J. Hamel +13 more 2019-03-12 $142,807,000
D841651 Electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +24 more 2019-02-26
10133312 Enclosure features for a portable computing device Bartley K. Andre, Charles A. Schwalbach, Gavin J. Reid, Houtan R. Farahani, Zheng Gao +3 more 2018-11-20 $70,301,000
10049251 Electronic device including pushbutton switch between finger biometric sensor and device housing and related methods Robert Y. Cao, Ran Xu, Stephen Pomes, Dinesh C. Mathew 2018-08-14 $85,234,000
10007829 Electronic device including electrostatic discharge device coupled flexure member and related methods Brian Lerner, Ran Xu, Stephen Pomes, Michael K. McCord 2018-06-26 $83,410,000
9766662 Conductive gasket for a portable computing device Thomas R. Tate, Mark Alan Salvador, Alexander C. Calkins 2017-09-19 $53,960,000
9379037 Thermal module accounting for increased board/die size in a portable computer Brett W. Degner, Gavin J. Reid, Raymond S. Shan 2016-06-28 $62,871,000
9280177 Portable computing device Brett W. Degner, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Ron A. Hopkinson, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou +5 more 2016-03-08 $72,237,000
9223352 Electronic device with electromagnetic shielding Matthew P. Casebolt 2015-12-29 $60,508,000
8897007 Grounding features of a portable computing device Cheryl Partido Espiritu, Houtan R. Farahani, Charles A. Schwalbach 2014-11-25
8897002 Internal components of a portable computing device Brett W. Degner, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Ron A. Hopkinson, Patrick Kessler, Bradley J. Hamel +13 more 2014-11-25 $148,832,000
8837128 Electrical component for portable computing device Charles A. Schwalbach 2014-09-16 $52,432,000
8811005 Clutch features of a portable computing device Matthew P. Casebolt, Gavin J. Reid, Charles A. Schwalbach 2014-08-19 $70,788,000
8717748 Audio jack for portable computing device Charles A. Schwalbach 2014-05-06 $51,563,000
8616748 Portable computing device Brett W. Degner, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Ron A. Hopkinson, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou +5 more 2013-12-31 $83,639,000
7137152 Bird-cap assembly 2006-11-21