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Donald Ross — 6 Patents

Apple: 5 patents #5,490 of 18,612Top 30%
San Jose, CA: #9,609 of 32,062 inventorsTop 30%
California: #94,478 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Donald Ross has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in November 2015. Donald Ross ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Donald Ross in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2014.peak 22012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9193618 Glass alignment for high temperature processes Adam Stagnaro, Matthew Theobald, Andrew Davidson, Michael K. Pilliod 2015-11-24 $118,614,000
9138814 Method for machining and related machining tool, machining apparatus, and computer code Piotr S. Trzaskos, William Masek, Brian K. Copeland, John P. Ternus, Erik D. Gillow +1 more 2015-09-22 $135,635,000
8911280 Apparatus for shaping exterior surface of a metal alloy casing Jeremy C. Franklin, Kevin D. Gibbs, Christopher J. Stringer, Daniel J. Coster, David Kim +3 more 2014-12-16 $74,972,000
8849437 Adaptive machining for improving assembly fit of consumer electronics Norman Chow, Brian K. Copeland, Erik D. Gillow, Daniel Allan Green, David Kim +3 more 2014-09-30
8549882 Pre-processing techniques to produce complex edges using a glass slumping process Andrew Davidson, Michael K. Pilliod 2013-10-08 $62,809,000
8336334 Glass alignment for high temperature processes Adam Stagnaro, Matthew Theobald, Andrew Davidson, Michael K. Pilliod 2012-12-25