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Brian Frank — 10 Patents

Apple: 3 patents #7,530 of 18,612Top 45%
Honeywell: 2 patents #8,260 of 16,504Top 55%
West Hollywood, CA: #105 of 1,485 inventorsTop 8%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Brian Frank has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in April 2020. Brian Frank ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Brian Frank in West Hollywood, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2007.peak 22003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents20042007: 2 patents20072010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents20152017: 1 patents20172020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10623461 Systems and methods for distributing a playlist within a music service Michael Trent Reznor, Rob Sheridan, Joel Brosjo, Fredric Vinna, Ola Sars 2020-04-14 $120,660,000
9552418 Systems and methods for distributing a playlist within a music service Michael Trent Reznor, Rob Sheridan, Joel Brosjo, Fredric Vinna, Ola Sars 2017-01-24 $88,784,000
9183585 Systems and methods for generating a playlist in a music service Trent Reznor, Rob Sheridan, Joel Brosjo, Fredric Vinna, Ola Sars 2015-11-10 $117,372,000
8818346 Wireless device with a control engine using functional block programming 2014-08-26
RE43803 System and methods for object-oriented control of diverse electromechanical systems using a computer network Gerald L. Frank, Danny J. Wahlquist, Jr., John Sublett, Daniel Giorgis, William G. Rockwell, Jr. +2 more 2012-11-13
7822806 Real-time data interface and method for browsers and the like John Sublett 2010-10-26 $8,763,000
7237186 Exiting a spreadsheet edit mode during a mouse drag operation Matthew J. Androski, Mark S. Igra, Kent Lowry, Jeanell D. Sullivan, Justin Maguire 2007-06-26 $32,442,000
7225426 Dynamic objects with property slot definition and runtime mechanisms John Sublett 2007-05-29 $12,622,000
6832120 System and methods for object-oriented control of diverse electromechanical systems using a computer network Gerald L. Frank, Danny J. Wahlquist, Jr., John Sublett, Daniel Giorgis, William G. Rockwell, Jr. +2 more 2004-12-14
6549878 System and method for editing a spreadsheet via an improved editing and cell selection model Kent Lowry, Mark S. Igra, Jeanell D. Sullivan, Justin Maguire, Matthew J. Androski 2003-04-15 $167,020,000