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Christopher Blumenberg — 84 Patents

Apple: 80 patents #271 of 18,612Top 2%
San Francisco, CA: #188 of 26,999 inventorsTop 1%
California: #3,153 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #20,511 of 4,157,543Top 1%
84 Patents All Time
Christopher Blumenberg has been granted 84 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in June 2024. Christopher Blumenberg ranks #20,511 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.49%). Patent records list Christopher Blumenberg in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 18 patents in 2015.peak 182011: 1 patents20112013: 4 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 18 patents2016: 13 patents20162017: 10 patents2018: 7 patents20182019: 11 patents2020: 7 patents20202021: 4 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 3 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 84 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12002161 Methods and apparatus for building a three-dimensional model from multiple data sets James A. Howard 2024-06-04 $189,142,000
11971273 Devices and methods for comparing and selecting alternative navigation routes Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os, Graham Gyatt 2024-04-30 $239,224,000
11954322 Application programming interface for gesture operations 2024-04-09 $191,830,000
11849063 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for providing maps, directions, and location-based information Michael Matas, Andre M. J. Boule, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard Williamson 2023-12-19 $278,263,000
11506497 Warning for frequently traveled trips based on traffic Bradford A. Moore, Christine B. McGavran, Gregory D. Bolsinga, Seejo K. Pylappan, Marcel van Os 2022-11-22 $281,216,000
11449217 Application programming interfaces for gesture operations 2022-09-20 $272,149,000
11397093 Devices and methods for comparing and selecting alternative navigation routes Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os, Graham Gyatt 2022-07-26 $351,586,000
11209969 Techniques for manipulating panoramas Richard Williamson, Mike Matas, Kimon Tsinteris, Ryan Staake, Alex Kan 2021-12-28 $336,423,000
11143520 System and method of overlaying real-time data onto an autonomous vehicle routing cost model Justin Ho, Billy Chen, Rohan Paranjpe, Thomas Kielbus 2021-10-12
11120485 Application purchasing James A. Howard, William Bedford Turner, Richard Williamson 2021-09-14 $182,808,000
11079248 Navigation peek ahead and behind Christopher D. Moore, Marcel van Os, Billy Chen 2021-08-03 $263,472,000
10775183 System and method for routing in a ride-share transportation network Justin Ho, Billy Chen, Rohan Paranjpe, Christopher Moore, Min Ji Lee +2 more 2020-09-15
10775184 Systems and methods for routing a fleet of vehicles Justin Ho, Billy Chen, Rohan Paranjpe, Thomas Kielbus 2020-09-15
10686930 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for providing maps, directions, and location based information Michael Matas, Andre M. J. Boule, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard Williamson 2020-06-16 $184,976,000
10621945 Method, system and apparatus for dynamically generating map textures Marcel van Os, Patrick S. Piemonte, Billy Chen 2020-04-14 $120,660,000
10613741 Application programming interface for gesture operations 2020-04-07 $84,122,000
10563993 System and method for routing using intersection costs Justin Ho, Billy Chen, Rohan Paranjpe, Thomas Kielbus 2020-02-18
10551200 System and method for acquiring map portions based on expected signal strength of route segments Seejo K. Pylappan 2020-02-04 $97,170,000
10437460 Methods and apparatus for cartographically aware gestures Bradford A. Moore, Billy Chen, Patrick S. Piemonte 2019-10-08 $92,329,000
10422654 Devices and methods for comparing and selecting alternative navigation routes Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os, Graham Gyatt 2019-09-24 $183,092,000
10409461 Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for interacting with user input elements in displayed content Francisco Ryan Tolmasky, Richard Williamson, Patricia J. Coleman, Corbin Robert Dunn, Stephen O. Lemay +1 more 2019-09-10 $107,029,000
10378914 Navigation peek ahead and behind Christopher D. Moore, Marcel van Os, Billy Chen 2019-08-13 $108,006,000
10371526 Warning for frequently traveled trips based on traffic Christine B. McGavran, Bradford A. Moore, Gregory D. Bolsinga, Seejo K. Pylappan, Marcel van Os 2019-08-06 $92,166,000
10366523 Method, system and apparatus for providing visual feedback of a map view change Billy Chen, Patrick S. Piemonte 2019-07-30 $187,650,000
10274336 Context aware map application Patrick S. Piemonte, Xiaoyuan Tu, Christopher D. Moore, Billy Chen, Seejo K. Pylappan 2019-04-30 $88,584,000