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David I. Simon — 31 Patents

Apple: 30 patents #1,033 of 18,612Top 6%
San Francisco, CA: #1,003 of 26,999 inventorsTop 4%
California: #16,606 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
David I. Simon has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in May 2025. David I. Simon ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list David I. Simon in San Francisco, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12298180 Connected epitaxial optical sensing systems Alfredo Bismuto, Jason Pelc 2025-05-13
12085500 Reference switch architectures for noncontact sensing of substances Miikka M. Kangas, Mark Alan Arbore, Michael J. Bishop, James W. Hillendahl, Robert Chen 2024-09-10 $233,602,000
11740126 Multiplexing and encoding for reference switching Trent Ridder, Mark Alan Arbore, Gary Shambat, Robert Chen, Miikka M. Kangas 2023-08-29
11713999 Connected epitaxial optical sensing system comprising a trench deeper than a waveguide of a light source electrically isolates the light source and a detector Alfredo Bismuto, Jason Pelc 2023-08-01 $216,194,000
11585749 Reference switch architectures for noncontact sensing of substances Miikka M. Kangas, Mark Alan Arbore, Michael J. Bishop, James W. Hillendahl, Robert Chen 2023-02-21 $234,064,000
11156497 Connected epitaxial optical sensing systems comprising a second epitaxial chip with a second light source and a second detector to detect light of a first light source Alfredo Bismuto, Jason Pelc 2021-10-26 $273,635,000
11041758 Multiplexing and encoding for reference switching Trent Ridder, Mark Alan Arbore, Gary Shambat, Robert Chen, Miikka M. Kangas 2021-06-22 $370,261,000
10801950 Reference switch architectures for noncontact sensing of substances Miikka M. Kangas, Mark Alan Arbore, Michael J. Bishop, James W. Hillendahl, Robert Chen 2020-10-13 $241,153,000
10790561 Portable computing device for external fuel cell control Bradley L. Spare, Vijay M. Iyer, Jean L. Lee, Gregory L. Tice, Michael D. Hillman 2020-09-29 $216,518,000
10690591 Measurement time distribution in referencing schemes Robert Chen, Trent Ridder, Miikka M. Kangas, Matthew A. Terrel 2020-06-23 $111,648,000
10670466 Polarization selective, frequency selective, and wide dynamic range detectors, imaging arrays, readout integrated circuits, and sensor systems Miikka M. Kangas, Michael J. Bishop, Robert Chen, Harold L. Sontag, George D. Skidmore 2020-06-02 $124,146,000
10323987 Polarization selective, frequency selective, and wide dynamic range detectors, imaging arrays, readout integrated circuits, and sensor systems Miikka M. Kangas, Michael J. Bishop, Robert Chen, Harold L. Sontag, George D. Skidmore 2019-06-18 $140,625,000
10199873 Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment Michael Culbert, Brett Bilbrey, Peter M. Arnold 2019-02-05 $70,781,000
9939322 Polarization selective, frequency selective, and wide dynamic range detectors, imaging arrays, readout integrated circuits, and sensor systems Miikka M. Kangas, Michael J. Bishop, Robert Chen, Harold L. Sontag, George D. Skidmore 2018-04-10 $65,044,000
9921684 Intelligent stylus David R. Falkenburg, Jonah A. Harley, Andrea Mucignat, Brian R. Land, Christopher Tenzin Mullens +1 more 2018-03-20 $80,950,000
9917340 Fuel cell system to power a portable computing device Bradley L. Spare, Vijay M. Iyer, Jean L. Lee, Gregory L. Tice, Michael D. Hillman 2018-03-13 $130,224,000
9639178 Optical stylus David T. Amm, Omar S. Leung 2017-05-02 $80,146,000
9590352 Magnetically-implemented security devices Brett Bilbrey, Aleksandar Pance, Peter M. Arnold, Jean L. Lee, Michael D. Hillman +3 more 2017-03-07 $87,942,000
9565364 Image capture device having tilt and/or perspective correction Jason Hau-Ping Chen, Brandon Dean Slack 2017-02-07 $94,786,000
9519361 Active stylus Jonah A. Harley 2016-12-13 $121,852,000
9466989 Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment Michael Culbert, Brett Bilbrey, Peter M. Arnold 2016-10-11 $94,888,000
9329703 Intelligent stylus David R. Falkenburg, Jonah A. Harley, Andrea Mucignat, Brian R. Land, Christopher Tenzin Mullens +1 more 2016-05-03 $50,088,000
9113078 Image capture device having tilt and/or perspective correction Jason Hau-Ping Chen, Brandon Dean Slack 2015-08-18 $84,581,000
9086864 Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment Michael Culbert, Brett Bilbrey, Peter M. Arnold 2015-07-21 $90,600,000
8980491 Fuel cell system to power a portable computing device Bradley L. Spare, Vijay M. Iyer, Jean L. Lee, Gregory L. Tice, Michael D. Hillman 2015-03-17 $91,673,000