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Derek K. Shaeffer — 74 Patents

Apple: 38 patents #781 of 18,612Top 5%
INInvensense: 18 patents #18 of 391Top 5%
Broadcom: 7 patents #1,521 of 9,346Top 20%
BCBeceem Communications: 3 patents #10 of 38Top 30%
BNBig Bear Networks: 2 patents #2 of 15Top 15%
Stanford University: 2 patents #1,354 of 5,197Top 30%
FIFinisar: 1 patents #409 of 719Top 60%
Redwood City, CA: #53 of 5,061 inventorsTop 2%
California: #4,029 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #26,215 of 4,157,543Top 1%
74 Patents All Time
Derek K. Shaeffer has been granted 74 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in October 2025. Derek K. Shaeffer ranks #26,215 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.63%). Patent records list Derek K. Shaeffer in Redwood City, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 74 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12451056 Systems and methods for mitigating micro-LED failures Shengzhe Jiao, Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, Chaole Chen, Dongjin Kwon, Feng-Chao YU +17 more 2025-10-21
12356333 Listen-before-talk systems, devices, and methods based on intra-device operations Chia Yiaw Chong, Pablo Luis Vila Rodriguez, Sajeev Alakkatt Paleri, Qiong Wu, Kai Bai +3 more 2025-07-08
12159574 Local passive matrix display Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Sam S. Li, John T. Wetherell, Henry C. Jen +6 more 2024-12-03 $369,762,000
12100333 Hybrid architecture for zero border display Xiang Lu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Henry C. Jen, Hopil Bae 2024-09-24 $301,193,000
12080201 Touch sensing utilizing integrated micro circuitry Christian M. Sauer, Christoph H. Krah, Hasan Akyol, Henry C. Jen, John T. Wetherell 2024-09-03 $189,878,000
12027117 Pixel screening and repair John T. Wetherell, Cheuk Chi Lo, Chun-Yao Huang, Lingtao Wang, Henry C. Jen +10 more 2024-07-02 $221,119,000
11790873 Correction for defective memory of a memory-in-pixel display Stanley Bo-Ting Wang, Ivan Knez, Jose Antonio Dominguez-Caballero, Tien-Chien Kuo 2023-10-17 $170,456,000
11775095 Touch sensing utilizing integrated micro circuitry Christian M. Sauer, Christoph H. Krah, Hasan Akyol, Henry C. Jen, John T. Wetherell +1 more 2023-10-03 $152,687,000
11727850 Hybrid architecture for zero border display Xiang Lu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Henry C. Jen, Hopil Bae 2023-08-15 $190,320,000
11722964 Listen-before-talk systems, devices, and methods based on intra-device operations Chia Yiaw Chong, Pablo Luis Vila Rodriguez, Sajeev Alakkatt Paleri, Qiong Wu, Kai Bai +3 more 2023-08-08 $174,735,000
11645976 Local passive matrix display Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Sam S. Li, John T. Wetherell, Henry C. Jen +6 more 2023-05-09 $324,008,000
11614819 Display circuitry including strain gauge Zhen Zhang, Baris Cagdaser, Chieh-Chien Lin, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Suoming Zhang 2023-03-28 $286,377,000
11475841 Display circuitry including selectively-activated slew booster Shingo Hatanaka, Kenichi Ueno, Masaki Kinoshita, Nobutaka Shimamura 2022-10-18 $195,408,000
11417250 Systems and methods of reducing hysteresis for display component control and improving parameter extraction Yongjun Li, Jiayi Jin, Maofeng Yang, Jun Li, Weijun Yao +1 more 2022-08-16 $228,519,000
11417298 Correction for defective memory of a memory-in-pixel display Stanley Bo-Ting Wang, Ivan Knez, Jose Antonio Dominguez-Caballero, Tien-Chien Kuo 2022-08-16 $228,519,000
11341893 Hybrid architecture for zero border display Xiang Lu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Henry C. Jen, Hopil Bae 2022-05-24 $182,335,000
11272457 Listen-before-talk systems, devices, and methods based on intra-device operations Chia Yiaw Chong, Pablo Luis Vila Rodriguez, Sajeev Alakkatt Paleri, Qiong Wu, Kai Bai +3 more 2022-03-08 $181,377,000
11263963 Local passive matrix display Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Sam S. Li, John T. Wetherell, Henry C. Jen +6 more 2022-03-01 $259,568,000
11189202 Spatially leaking temporal integrator for pixel compensation Sun-Il Chang, Baris Cagdaser, Chaohao Wang, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho +11 more 2021-11-30 $261,062,000
11176888 Auto-zero applied buffer for display circuitry Shingo Hatanaka, John T. Wetherell, Nobutaka Shimamura, Yuichi Okuda, Jaeyoung Christopher Kang 2021-11-16 $241,630,000
11073927 Touch sensing utilizing integrated micro circuitry Christian M. Sauer, Christoph H. Krah, Hasan Akyol, Henry C. Jen, Hopil Bae +3 more 2021-07-27 $395,238,000
11004391 Image data compensation based on predicted changes in threshold voltage of pixel transistors Hei Kam, Junhua Tan, Wei H. Yao, Shihchang Chang, Chaohao Wang +13 more 2021-05-11 $296,431,000
10978028 Correction for defective memory of a memory-in-pixel display Stanley Bo-Ting Wang, Ivan Knez, Jose Antonio Dominguez-Caballero, Tien-Chien Kuo 2021-04-13 $234,670,000
10943516 Systems and methods of utilizing output of display component for display temperature compensation Baris Cagdaser 2021-03-09 $320,530,000
10923015 Adaptive emission clocking control for display devices Hopil Bae, Yafei Bi, Wei H. Yao, Xiaofeng Wang 2021-02-16 $232,802,000