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Colin M. Ely — 139 Patents

Apple: 138 patents #139 of 18,612Top 1%
Sunnyvale, CA: #41 of 14,302 inventorsTop 1%
California: #1,170 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #7,296 of 4,157,543Top 1%
139 Patents All Time
Colin M. Ely has been granted 139 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in November 2025. Colin M. Ely ranks #7,296 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.18%). Patent records list Colin M. Ely in Sunnyvale, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 139 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12476881 Electronic device with intuitive control interface Erik G. de Jong, Stephen Brian Lynch, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2025-11-18
12436629 Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2025-10-07
12307047 Rejection of false turns of rotary inputs for electronic devices Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Samuel Bruce Weiss 2025-05-20
12276943 Conductive cap for watch crown Sameer Pandya, Steven C. Roach 2025-04-15
12259690 Watch crown having a conductive surface Sameer Pandya, Steven C. Roach, Erik G. de Jong 2025-03-25
12201196 Attachment system for watchband William C. Lukens, Adam T. Clavelle 2025-01-21
12189342 Switch module for electronic crown assembly Sameer Pandya, Antonio F. Herrera 2025-01-07
12181840 Tactile switch for an electronic device John B. Morrell, Duncan Robert Kerr, Camille Moussette 2024-12-31 $239,269,000
12182344 Gesture detection, list navigation, and item selection using a crown and sensors 2024-12-31 $239,269,000
12130670 Electronic device Daniela M. Deschamps, Ross L. Jackson, Tyler S. Atura Bushnell 2024-10-29 $278,906,000
12130672 Modular button assembly for an electronic device Tyler S. Bushnell, Erik G. de Jong, Trevor J. Ness, James G. Horiuchi, Steven P. Cardinali 2024-10-29 $278,906,000
12105479 Force-detecting input structure Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2024-10-01 $316,155,000
12104929 Rotatable crown for an electronic device Tyler S. Bushnell, Adam T. Clavelle, Christopher M. Werner, Stephen N. Sweet, Sriram Moorthy +1 more 2024-10-01 $316,155,000
D1043666 Housing for an electronic device Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou +31 more 2024-09-24
12099331 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2024-09-24 $301,193,000
12066795 Tri-axis force sensor Erik G. de Jong, Steven P. Cardinali 2024-08-20 $206,773,000
12045416 Rejection of false turns of rotary inputs for electronic devices Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Samuel Bruce Weiss 2024-07-23 $287,558,000
12008178 Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2024-06-11 $280,845,000
11988995 Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms 2024-05-21 $215,899,000
11924055 Electronic device with intuitive control interface Erik G. de Jong, Stephen Brian Lynch, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2024-03-05 $135,445,000
11896115 Biomechanical sensing system using wirelessly locatable tags Erik G. de Jong, Erik L. Wang 2024-02-13 $152,277,000
11886149 Tactile switch for an electronic device John B. Morrell, Duncan Robert Kerr, Camille Moussette 2024-01-30 $160,707,000
11860588 Identification of watch bands Maegan K. Spencer, Ryan C. Perkins, Benjamin J. Kallman, Daniel J. Hiemstra, William C. Lukens +7 more 2024-01-02 $111,466,000
11815860 Switch module for electronic crown assembly Sameer Pandya, Antonio F. Herrera 2023-11-14 $188,958,000
11796961 Conductive cap for watch crown Sameer Pandya, Steven C. Roach 2023-10-24 $205,836,000