Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
DW

Dan Willhite — 12 Patents

Apple: 8 patents #3,866 of 18,612Top 25%
Salesforce: 4 patents #1,076 of 4,319Top 25%
San Francisco, CA: #3,683 of 26,999 inventorsTop 15%
California: #51,404 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Dan Willhite has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in December 2024. Dan Willhite ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Dan Willhite in San Francisco, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12177270 Real-time updates for document collaboration sessions in a group-based communication system Serguei Mourachov, Sameera Thangudu, Manju Vijayakumar, Gabriel Adomnicai, Kimberly Van Anh Nguyen +2 more 2024-12-24 $347,438,000
11520780 Distributed database systems and structures Aaron Boodman, Rafael Weinstein, Erik Arvidsson, Chris Masone, Benjamin Kalman 2022-12-06 $61,901,000
11030187 Distributed database systems and structures Aaron Boodman, Rafael Weinstein, Erik Arvidsson, Chris Masone, Benjamin Kalman 2021-06-08 $138,697,000
10606576 Developer experience for live applications in a cloud collaboration platform Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin A. Gibbs, Bret Steven Taylor, Yang Su +12 more 2020-03-31 $63,593,000
8429126 Object graph editing context and methods of use Craig M. Federighi, Eric Noyau 2013-04-23 $50,604,000
8191077 Method for providing stand-in objects Richard Williamson, Linus Upson, Jack Greenfield 2012-05-29
8051429 Method for associating data bearing objects with user interface objects Richard Williamson, Linus Upson, Jack Greenfield 2011-11-01
7860831 Object graph editing context and methods of use Craig M. Federighi, Eric Noyau 2010-12-28
7111013 Object graph editing context and methods of use Craig M. Federighi, Eric Noyau 2006-09-19
6604109 Object graph editing context and methods of use Craig M. Federighi, Eric Noyau 2003-08-05
6085197 Object graph editing context and methods of use Craig M. Federighi, Eric Noyau 2000-07-04
5956728 Object graph editing context and methods of use Craig M. Federighi, Eric Noyau 1999-09-21