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Christopher B. Zimmermann — 16 Patents

Apple: 15 patents #2,200 of 18,612Top 15%
Cupertino, CA: #1,039 of 6,989 inventorsTop 15%
California: #37,952 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Christopher B. Zimmermann has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in July 2024. Christopher B. Zimmermann ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Christopher B. Zimmermann in Cupertino, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2015.peak 32001: 1 patents20012014: 2 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12032951 Techniques for firmware updates with accessories Hung Q. Le, Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Keith R. Bisset, Sivaramachandran Ganesan +5 more 2024-07-09 $250,204,000
11734407 Sensor derived authentication for establishing peer-to-peer networks David C. Andrus, Philip F. Kearney, Jeremy C. Franklin, Nathaniel S. Sharpe 2023-08-22 $159,607,000
11372962 Sensor derived authentication for establishing peer-to-peer networks David C. Andrus, Philip F. Kearney, Jeremy C. Franklin, Nathaniel S. Sharpe 2022-06-28 $172,717,000
11275576 Techniques for firmware updates with accessories Hung Q. Le, Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Keith R. Bisset, Sivaramachandran Ganesan +3 more 2022-03-15 $265,207,000
11205021 Securing accessory interface Loukas Kalenderidis, Ivan Krstic, Brian J. Dawbin, Filip Stoklas, Carmen A. Bovalino, III +4 more 2021-12-21 $426,305,000
10678904 Sensor derived authentication for establishing peer-to-peer networks David C. Andrus, Philip F. Kearney, Jeremy C. Franklin, Nathaniel S. Sharpe 2020-06-09 $148,132,000
10089456 Sensor derived authentication for establishing peer-to-peer networks David C. Andrus, Philip F. Kearney, Jeremy C. Franklin, Nathaniel S. Sharpe 2018-10-02 $93,373,000
10034224 Dynamic and adaptive channel scanning Daniel R. Borges, Christiaan A. Hartman, Peter N. Heerboth 2018-07-24 $82,743,000
9659162 Sensor derived authentication for establishing peer-to-peer networks David C. Andrus, Philip F. Kearney, Jeremy C. Franklin, Nathaniel S. Sharpe 2017-05-23 $78,322,000
9445275 Methods and apparatus for mitigating interference in aggressive form factor designs Camille Chen, David B. Cheung, Hsin-Yao Chen, Michael J. Giles 2016-09-13 $80,175,000
9100892 Dynamic and adaptive channel scanning Daniel R. Borges, Christiaan A. Hartman, Peter N. Heerboth 2015-08-04 $59,170,000
8995929 Methods and apparatus for wireless optimization based on platform configuration and use cases Camille Chen, Hsin-Yao Chen, Lei Li, Michael J. Giles 2015-03-31 $96,962,000
8995553 Methods and apparatus for mitigating interference in aggressive form factor designs Camille Chen, David B. Cheung, Hsin-Yao Chen, Michael J. Giles 2015-03-31 $96,962,000
8873523 Methods and apparatus for solicited activation for protected wireless networking Robert Bradley, Philip F. Kearney 2014-10-28 $89,956,000
8837716 Sensor derived authentication for establishing peer-to-peer networks David C. Andrus, Philip F. Kearney, Jeremy C. Franklin, Nathaniel S. Sharpe 2014-09-16 $52,432,000
6216196 System and method for multiple device drivers to arbitrate for a single device Don S. Elwell, James Paul Sienicki 2001-04-10 $445,000