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Christopher D. Adams — 17 Patents

Apple: 12 patents #2,744 of 18,612Top 15%
CUCummins: 2 patents #753 of 2,217Top 35%
DCDictaphone Corporation.: 1 patents #77 of 140Top 60%
San Jose, CA: #3,861 of 32,062 inventorsTop 15%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Christopher D. Adams has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2024. Christopher D. Adams ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Christopher D. Adams in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2021.peak 41997: 1 patents19972003: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 3 patents20202021: 4 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12086769 Generating transaction identifiers George R. Dicker, Christopher Sharp, Ahmer A. Khan, Yousuf H. Vaid, Glen W. Steele +1 more 2024-09-10 $233,602,000
11836725 User interface for payments Marcel van Os, George R. Dicker 2023-12-05 $213,405,000
11392937 Generating transaction identifiers George R. Dicker, Christopher Sharp, Ahmer A. Khan, Yousuf H. Vaid, Glen W. Steele +1 more 2022-07-19 $234,734,000
11042846 Generating transaction identifiers George R. Dicker, Christopher Sharp, Ahmer A. Khan, Yousuf H. Vaid, Glen W. Steele +1 more 2021-06-22 $370,261,000
11037131 Electronic receipts for NFC-based financial transactions Yousuf H. Vaid, George R. Dicker, Ahmer A. Khan, Christopher Sharp, Glen W. Steele +1 more 2021-06-15 $253,822,000
10977651 User interface for payments Marcel van Os, Charles Ahn, Pablo F. Caro, George R. Dicker, Craig M. Federighi +3 more 2021-04-13 $234,670,000
10902424 User interface for payments Marcel van Os, Pablo F. Caro, Woo-Ram Lee, George R. Dicker, Charles Ahn +3 more 2021-01-26 $257,028,000
10748153 User interface for payments Marcel van Os, Charles Ahn, Pablo F. Caro, George R. Dicker, Craig M. Federighi +3 more 2020-08-18 $218,601,000
10605135 System and method for the monitoring and controlling of emissions for multiple engines Brian K. Rout, Duane A. Kruer 2020-03-31 $14,367,000
10601796 Managing program credentials on electronic devices Scott D. Blakesley, Jack K. Chung, George R. Dicker, Glen W. Steele, Katherine B. Skinner +1 more 2020-03-24 $68,289,000
10282727 User interface for payments Marcel van Os, Pablo F. Caro, Woo-Ram Lee, George R. Dicker, Charles Ahn +3 more 2019-05-07 $85,582,000
10043185 User interface for payments Marcel van Os, Pablo F. Caro, Woo-Ram Lee, George R. Dicker, Charles Ahn +3 more 2018-08-07 $86,470,000
9890677 System and method for the monitoring and controlling of emissions for multiple engines Brian K. Rout, Duane A. Kruer 2018-02-13 $32,051,000
9624710 Door operating system Dustin Bowman, Kevin Landgraff, Michael P. Tenney 2017-04-18
9324067 User interface for payments Marcel van Os, Pablo F. Caro, George R. Dicker, Glen W. Steele 2016-04-26 $73,816,000
6578007 Global document creation system including administrative server computer Simon L. Howes 2003-06-10
5697594 Portable document holder for laptop computers Paul Adams Reaux 1997-12-16