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Derek C. Krass — 23 Patents

Apple: 23 patents #1,411 of 18,612Top 8%
Cupertino, CA: #716 of 6,989 inventorsTop 15%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Derek C. Krass has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in May 2025. Derek C. Krass ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Derek C. Krass in Cupertino, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2016 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2020.peak 62016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 3 patents20182019: 4 patents20192020: 6 patents20202021: 3 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12301743 Housing features of an electronic device Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy E. Browning, Michael B. Wittenberg, James B. Smith +2 more 2025-05-13
12202245 Laminated polymer windows Paul M. Connolly, Albert J. Golko, Arturo Llamazares Domper, David E. Kingman, Martin Gross +3 more 2025-01-21
11792309 Housing features of an electronic device Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy E. Browning, Michael B. Wittenberg, James B. Smith +2 more 2023-10-17 $170,456,000
11503885 Attachment systems for electronic devices Osamu Yabe, Scott W. Slabaugh, Michael Brickner, Julian Hoenig, Wayne Cowan +3 more 2022-11-22 $281,216,000
D926769 Housing module for an electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +21 more 2021-08-03
11070655 Housing features of an electronic device Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy E. Browning, Michael B. Wittenberg, James B. Smith +2 more 2021-07-20 $287,877,000
10893726 Attachment systems for electronic devices Osamu Yabe, Scott W. Slabaugh, Michael Brickner, Julian Hoenig, Wayne Cowan +3 more 2021-01-19 $530,753,000
D896232 Housing module for an electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +21 more 2020-09-15
10730210 Flexibility-controlled composite material and method of manufacture Douglas J. Weber, Jen-Chun Hsu, Osamu Yabe 2020-08-04 $153,818,000
10688624 Electronic device structure formed from porous metal bonded to plastic James R. Krogdahl, Paul Choiniere 2020-06-23 $111,648,000
10645808 Devices with radio-frequency printed circuits Kevin M. Froese, Qian Zhang, Paul Choiniere 2020-05-05 $109,977,000
10596736 Apparatus and method of forming a compound structure Benjamin Shane Bustle, Tyler B. Cater, Scott A. Myers 2020-03-24 $68,289,000
10547717 Housing features of an electronic device Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy E. Browning, Michael B. Wittenberg, James B. Smith +2 more 2020-01-28 $144,266,000
10433048 Micro speaker having a hermetically sealed acoustic chamber with increased volume Thomas H. Tsang, Onur I. Ilkorur, Logan A. Rotolo, Christopher Wilk 2019-10-01 $90,896,000
10272605 Apparatus and method of forming a compound structure Benjamin Shane Bustle, Tyler B. Cater, Scott A. Myers 2019-04-30 $88,584,000
10218827 Housing features of an electronic device Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy E. Browning, Michael B. Wittenberg, James B. Smith +2 more 2019-02-26 $103,017,000
10201105 Combination injection molding and hydroforming Andrew J. Meschke, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Thomas Johannessen 2019-02-05 $70,781,000
10016029 Attachment systems for electronic devices Osamu Yabe, Scott W. Slabaugh, Michael Brickner, Julian Hoenig, Wayne Cowan +3 more 2018-07-10 $58,779,000
10016921 Apparatus and method of forming a compound structure Benjamin Shane Bustle, Tyler B. Cater, Scott A. Myers 2018-07-10 $58,779,000
9954572 Enclosure seal for an electronic device Tyler B. Cater, Rasamy Phouthavong 2018-04-24 $65,456,000
9591110 Housing features of an electronic device Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy E. Browning, Michael B. Wittenberg, James B. Smith +2 more 2017-03-07 $87,942,000
9518333 Assembled integral plastic elements on an anodized mobile device enclosure Stefan C. Mag, Nicholas Merz, Daniel W. Jarvis, Matthew P. Rao, Vincent Yan +3 more 2016-12-13 $121,852,000
9455063 Cable structures with localized foam strain reliefs and systems and methods for making the same Joseph I. Briskey 2016-09-27 $72,288,000