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David Pickford — 8 Patents

Apple: 4 patents #6,401 of 18,612Top 35%
Microsoft: 2 patents #17,644 of 40,388Top 45%
MIMircosoft: 1 patents #6 of 57Top 15%
San Jose, CA: #7,707 of 32,062 inventorsTop 25%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
David Pickford has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in July 2025. David Pickford ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list David Pickford in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1985.peak 11985: 1 patents19852009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12363196 Demand resources Stephen Richard Lewallen, David Makower, Jonathan Hess, Patrick O. Heynen, Terry J. Santamaria +3 more 2025-07-15
11818224 On demand resources Stephen Richard Lewallen, David Makower, Jonathan Hess, Patrick O. Heynen, Terry J. Santamaria +3 more 2023-11-14 $188,958,000
10447812 On demand resources Stephen Richard Lewallen, David Makower, Jonathan Hess, Patrick O. Heynen, Terry J. Santamaria +3 more 2019-10-15 $104,842,000
9880824 On demand resources Stephen Richard Lewallen, David Makower, Jonathan Hess, Patrick O. Heynen, Terry J. Santamaria +3 more 2018-01-30 $84,681,000
7933670 Maintaining music playback Barry Steinglass 2011-04-26 $19,159,000
7663045 Music replacement in a gaming system Brian Lloyd Schmidt, Derek Smith 2010-02-16 $17,946,000
7634727 System for abstracting audio-video codecs Maciej Maciesowicz, Barry Steinglass, Derek Smith 2009-12-15 $20,279,000
D278457 Transportable bulk container Ernest W. Schroder 1985-04-16