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David G. Conroy — 54 Patents

Apple: 31 patents #997 of 18,612Top 6%
DEDigital Equipment: 9 patents #89 of 2,100Top 5%
Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
LMLowel-Light Manufacturing: 2 patents #7 of 14Top 50%
WNWebtv Networks: 2 patents #34 of 95Top 40%
TTTransaction Technology: 1 patents #43 of 75Top 60%
El Granada, CA: #5 of 115 inventorsTop 5%
California: #7,050 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #46,969 of 4,157,543Top 2%
54 Patents All Time
David G. Conroy has been granted 54 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in November 2020. David G. Conroy ranks #46,969 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list David G. Conroy in El Granada, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2013.peak 71985: 1 patents19851988: 1 patents1990: 1 patents1991: 2 patents19911993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents1996: 3 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 2 patents1999: 1 patents19992003: 1 patents2004: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062009: 3 patents2010: 3 patents2011: 4 patents20112012: 6 patents2013: 7 patents2014: 6 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 54 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE48323 Media processing method and device Steve Schell, Barry Corlett, Niel D. Warren, Aram Lindahl 2020-11-24
10318224 Data centric display communications William P. Cornelius, Colin Whitby-Strevens, Robert L. Ridenour, Sreeraman Anantharaman 2019-06-11 $92,962,000
9727505 Clock control for DMA busses Timothy J. Millet, Joseph P. Bratt 2017-08-08 $69,938,000
9671845 Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control Michael Culbert, Keith Cox 2017-06-06 $75,498,000
9274574 Methods and apparatuses for determining throttle settings to satisfy a system power constraint Michael Culbert, Keith Cox 2016-03-01 $57,077,000
9032113 Clock control for DMA busses Timothy J. Millet, Joseph P. Bratt 2015-05-12 $131,357,000
9015557 Simultaneous data transfer and error control to reduce latency and improve throughput to a host Christopher J. Sarcone, Jim Keller 2015-04-21 $85,669,000
8751849 Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control Michael Culbert, Keith Cox 2014-06-10 $68,434,000
8726055 Multi-core power management Guy G. Sotomayor 2014-05-13 $88,203,000
8713214 Media processing method and device Steve Schell, Barry Corlett, Neil D. Warren, Aram Lindahl 2014-04-29 $74,889,000
8681159 Method and apparatus for switching between graphics sources Michael Culbert, William C. Athas, Brian D. Howard 2014-03-25 $67,584,000
8662943 Thermal control arrangement for a data processing system Michael Culbert, Keith Cox 2014-03-04 $76,732,000
8656251 Simultaneous data transfer and error control to reduce latency and improve throughput to a host Christopher J. Sarcone, Jim Keller 2014-02-18 $84,256,000
8610830 Video rotation method and device Barry Corlett, Timothy J. Millet, Michael Culbert 2013-12-17 $66,897,000
8578189 Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control Keith Cox, Michael Culbert 2013-11-05 $69,090,000
8572632 Devices as services in a decentralized operating system Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos 2013-10-29 $25,404,000
8533513 Hardware-based power management of functional blocks Timothy J. Millett, Joseph P. Bratt 2013-09-10 $96,051,000
8374730 Methods and apparatuses for dynamic thermal control Keith Cox, Michael Culbert 2013-02-12 $117,220,000
8359411 Data filtering using central DMA mechanism Timothy J. Millet, Michael Culbert 2013-01-22 $96,014,000
8359410 Audio data processing in a low power mode Barry Corlett, Aram Lindahl, Steve Schell, Neil D. Warren 2013-01-22 $96,014,000
8332665 Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control Keith Cox, Michael Culbert 2012-12-11 $83,814,000
8332679 Methods and apparatuses for managing power by leveraging intermediate power margins Michael Culbert, Keith Cox 2012-12-11 $83,814,000
8307224 Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control Michael Culbert, Keith Cox 2012-11-06 $104,968,000
8225121 Forced idle of a data processing system Guy G. Sotomayor, Keith Cox, Michael Culbert 2012-07-17 $130,366,000
8112764 Devices as services in a decentralized operating system Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen 2012-02-07 $21,648,000