{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [{"@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Apple", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/company/apple"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Chad Bronstein", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/inventor/fl:ch_ln:bronstein-1"}]}
Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
CB

Chad Bronstein — 11 Patents

Apple: 11 patents #2,966 of 18,612Top 20%
San Francisco, CA: #4,061 of 26,999 inventorsTop 20%
California: #56,011 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Chad Bronstein has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in September 2015. Chad Bronstein ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Chad Bronstein in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2014.peak 32010: 2 patents20102012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 3 patents20142015: 2 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9123485 Keyboard design James J. Niu, Harold J. Welch, Patrick Kessler, Chris Ligtenberg 2015-09-01 $86,742,000
9024214 Narrow key switch James J. Niu, Harold J. Welch, Patrick Kessler, Chris Ligtenberg 2015-05-05 $97,516,000
8822858 Keyboard design James J. Niu, Harold J. Welch, Patrick Kessler, Chris Ligtenberg 2014-09-02 $81,973,000
8785796 System and methods for electronic device keyboard illumination Peter H. Mahowald 2014-07-22 $84,305,000
8689145 3D remote control system employing absolute and relative position detection Duncan Robert Kerr, Wing Kong Low, Nicholas V. King 2014-04-01 $55,407,000
8477049 Efficiently embedding information onto a keyboard membrane Li-Quan Tan, Harold J. Welch, Wing Kong Low 2013-07-02 $97,892,000
8405727 Apparatus and method for calibrating image capture devices David S. Gere, Ting Chen 2013-03-26 $94,052,000
8319128 System and methods for electronic device keyboard illumination Peter H. Mahowald 2012-11-27 $96,670,000
8291346 3D remote control system employing absolute and relative position detection Duncan Robert Kerr, Wing Kong Low, Nicholas V. King 2012-10-16 $118,372,000
7728823 System and method for processing raw data of track pad device Benjamin B. Lyon, Stephanie Cinereski, Steven P. Hotelling 2010-06-01 $65,553,000
7719522 Raw data track pad device and system Benjamin B. Lyon, Stephanie Cinereski, Steven P. Hotelling 2010-05-18 $81,461,000