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Gregory Burns — 17 Patents

Apple: 17 patents #1,950 of 18,612Top 15%
San Francisco, CA: #2,448 of 26,999 inventorsTop 10%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Gregory Burns has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in May 2025. Gregory Burns ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Gregory Burns in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2018.peak 42003: 1 patents20032014: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12309696 Low-power activation of accessory in sleep state David John Shaw, Ariane Cotte, Alon Paycher, Robert D. Watson, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan +3 more 2025-05-20
11985464 Wireless audio output devices Robert D. Watson, David John Shaw, Ganesh Adkasthala GANAPATHI BATTA, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Benjamin Huth BYER 2024-05-14 $205,807,000
11743819 Low-power activation of accessory in sleep state David John Shaw, Ariane Cotte, Alon Paycher, Robert D. Watson, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan +3 more 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
11382017 Inter-device communication session continuity facilitated by a wireless audio output device Luciano M. Verger, Ajoy K. Singh, Albert R. Howard, Ariane Cotte, Christopher M. Garrido +11 more 2022-07-05 $213,612,000
11337151 Low-power activation of accessory in sleep state David John Shaw, Ariane Cotte, Alon Paycher, Robert D. Watson, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan +3 more 2022-05-17 $199,476,000
11095967 Wireless audio output devices Robert D. Watson, David John Shaw, Ganesh Adkasthala GANAPATHI BATTA, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Benjamin Huth BYER 2021-08-17 $294,809,000
10805879 Low-power activation of accessory in sleep state David John Shaw, Ariane Cotte, Alon Paycher, Robert D. Watson, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan +3 more 2020-10-13 $241,153,000
10762160 Delivering content to electronic devices using local caching servers Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Lionel Gentil, Darrin Jewell, Jason R. Thorpe, Jordan L. Redner +1 more 2020-09-01 $178,515,000
10524037 Wireless audio output devices Robert D. Watson, David John Shaw, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Benjamin Huth BYER 2019-12-31 $109,024,000
10219062 Wireless audio output devices Robert D. Watson, David John Shaw, Ganesh Adkasthala GANAPATHI BATTA, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Benjamin Huth BYER 2019-02-26 $103,017,000
10154109 Delivering content to electronic devices using local caching servers Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Lionel Gentil, Darrin Jewell, Jason R. Thorpe, Jordan L. Redner +1 more 2018-12-11 $115,928,000
10095803 Delivering content to electronic devices using local caching servers Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Lionel Gentil, Darrin Jewell, Jason R. Thorpe, Jordan L. Redner +1 more 2018-10-09 $111,660,000
10070212 Wireless audio output devices Robert D. Watson, David John Shaw, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, Benjamin Huth BYER 2018-09-04 $96,510,000
10033818 Using listen ranges to deliver content to electronic devices from local caching servers Jason R. Thorpe, Michael J. Abbott, Gregory B. Vaughan, Kazuhisa Yanagihara 2018-07-24 $82,743,000
9736262 Using groups of user accounts to deliver content to electronic devices using local caching servers Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Lionel Gentil, Darrin Jewell, Jason R. Thorpe, Jordan L. Redner +1 more 2017-08-15 $97,242,000
8745175 Automatic application provisioning Gregory B. Vaughan, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Eric Zelenka 2014-06-03 $58,287,000
6567919 Authenticated communication procedure for network computers Kazu Yanagihara, Gregory B. Vaughan 2003-05-20 $19,256,000