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Chad C Schmidt — 2 Patents

Apple: 2 patents #9,294 of 18,612Top 50%
Menlo Park, CA: #2,174 of 3,774 inventorsTop 60%
California: #187,151 of 386,348 inventorsTop 50%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
Chad C Schmidt has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in October 2013. Chad C Schmidt ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list Chad C Schmidt in Menlo Park, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8564955 Coupling heat sink to integrated circuit chip with thermal interface material Richard Lidio Blanco, Jr., Douglas L. Heirich, Michael D. Hillman, Phillip L. Mort, Jay S. Nigen +1 more 2013-10-22 $104,740,000
7961469 Method and apparatus for distributing a thermal interface material Richard Lidio Blanco, Jr., Douglas L. Heirich, Michael D. Hillman, Phillip L. Mort, Jay S. Nigen +1 more 2011-06-14 $87,004,000