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Ernest H. Beernink — 21 Patents

Apple: 20 patents #1,639 of 18,612Top 9%
Redwood City, CA: #432 of 5,061 inventorsTop 9%
California: #27,449 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Ernest H. Beernink has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in February 2000. Ernest H. Beernink ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Ernest H. Beernink in Redwood City, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 1997.peak 91994: 2 patents19941995: 4 patents19951996: 2 patents19961997: 9 patents19971998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6021218 System and method for organizing recognized and unrecognized objects on a computer display Stephen P. Capps 2000-02-01 $54,027,000
5903668 Method and apparatus for recognizing handwritten words — 1999-05-11 $19,040,000
5778404 String inserter for pen-based computer systems and method for providing same Stephen P. Capps, David Temkin 1998-07-07 $11,470,000
5710831 Method for correcting handwriting on a pen-based computer Stephen P. Capps, John R. Meier, Frederich N. Tou 1998-01-20 $10,031,000
5682439 Boxed input correction system and method for pen based computer systems Stephen P. Capps 1997-10-28 $10,292,000
5680480 Method and apparatus for training a recognizer David Temkin, Donna M. Auguste 1997-10-21 $4,842,000
5671438 Method and apparatus for formatting paragraphs Stephen P. Capps 1997-09-23 $8,042,000
5666438 Method and apparatus for recognizing handwriting of different users of a pen-based computer system Donna M. Auguste, John R. Meier 1997-09-09 $10,511,000
5615285 Method and apparatus for recognizing handwritten words — 1997-03-25 $7,322,000
5612719 Gesture sensitive buttons for graphical user interfaces Gregg S. Foster, Stephen P. Capps 1997-03-18 $3,311,000
5602570 Method for deleting objects on a computer display Stephen P. Capps 1997-02-11
5594640 Method and apparatus for correcting words Stephen P. Capps, John R. Meier, David Temkin 1997-01-14 $5,126,000
5592566 Method and apparatus for computerized recognition Giulia Pagallo, Michael Tchao, Stephen P. Capps 1997-01-07 $5,471,000
5583542 Method for deleting objects on a computer display Stephen P. Capps 1996-12-10 $4,028,000
5555363 Resetting the case of text on a computer display Frederich N. Tou, Stephen P. Capps, Gregg S. Foster 1996-09-10 $5,872,000
5479596 Method and apparatus for formatting paragraphs Stephen P. Capps 1995-12-26 $18,868,000
5465325 Method and apparatus for manipulating inked objects Stephen P. Capps 1995-11-07 $45,123,000
5463696 Recognition system and method for user inputs to a computer system Giulia Pagallo, Radmilo Bozinovic 1995-10-31 $20,787,000
5434929 Method and apparatus for setting character style preferences in a pen-based computer system Donna M. Auguste, Eugeny Chechetkin 1995-07-18 $18,720,000
5367453 Method and apparatus for correcting words Stephen P. Capps, John R. Meier, David Temkin 1994-11-22 $9,347,000
5345543 Method for manipulating objects on a computer display Stephen P. Capps 1994-09-06 $16,067,000

Frequent Collaborators

Stephen P. Capps15 shared
David Temkin4 shared
John R. Meier4 shared
Donna M. Auguste3 shared
Giulia Pagallo2 shared
Gregg S. Foster2 shared

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