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Gregory Niles — 25 Patents

Apple: 25 patents #1,273 of 18,612Top 7%
Culver City, CA: #51 of 898 inventorsTop 6%
California: #22,079 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Gregory Niles has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in February 2025. Gregory Niles ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Gregory Niles in Culver City, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12231715 Video editing and key-framing animations using accessory on a touch device David C. Schweinsberg, Shaun M. Poole, Peter A. Steinauer 2025-02-18
11481949 Depth of field for a camera in a media-editing application Stephen Sheeler, Gregory B. Abbas, Guido Hucking, Sidhartha Deb 2022-10-25 $262,914,000
10803649 Depth of field for a camera in a media-editing application Stephen Sheeler, Gregory B. Abbas, Guido Hucking, Sidhartha Deb 2020-10-13 $241,153,000
10332300 Depth of field for a camera in a media-editing application Sidhartha Deb, Gregory B. Abbas, Stephen Sheeler, Guido Hucking 2019-06-25 $85,297,000
D791159 Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface Nils Angquist, Stephen A. Bayes, Jordan P. McCommons, Brian Meaney, Robin Mikawa +4 more 2017-07-04
9619917 Depth of field for a camera in a media-editing application Sidhartha Deb, Gregory B. Abbas, Stephen Sheeler, Guido Hucking 2017-04-11 $57,299,000
9349206 Editing animated objects in video Richard H. Salvador 2016-05-24 $65,115,000
9098647 Dynamic viewing of a three dimensional space Martin Boyd 2015-08-04 $59,170,000
8887074 Rigging parameters to create effects and animation Stephen Sheeler, Tom Langmacher 2014-11-11 $85,451,000
8788963 Scrollable preview of content Jordan P. McCommons, Fernando Garcia 2014-07-22 $84,305,000
8555169 Media clip auditioning used to evaluate uncommitted media content Colleen Pendergast, Michaelle Stikich, Dave Cerf, Tom Langmacher, Anne Swenson +4 more 2013-10-08 $62,809,000
8543922 Editing within single timeline John Gabriel Foster, Charles J. Migos 2013-09-24 $96,071,000
8542238 User interface for controlling animation of an object Stephen Sheeler, Guido Hucking 2013-09-24 $96,071,000
8502817 Directing camera behavior in 3-D imaging system Sidhartha Deb, Stephen Sheeler, Guido Hucking 2013-08-06 $77,314,000
8314799 Enhanced motion behavior framework Jean-Francois Pelletier, Stephen Sheeler 2012-11-20 $172,777,000
8300055 User interface for controlling three-dimensional animation of an object Guido Hucking, Brian E. Walsh 2012-10-30
8253747 User interface for controlling animation of an object Stephen Sheeler, Guido Hucking 2012-08-28 $72,244,000
8238608 Tracking workflow in manipulating media items Jean-Francois Pelletier 2012-08-07 $90,079,000
8089479 Directing camera behavior in 3-D imaging system Sidhartha Deb, Stephen Sheeler, Guido Hucking 2012-01-03 $172,634,000
7990398 Matching movement behavior in motion graphics Jean-Francois Pelletier, Stephen Sheeler, William Stein 2011-08-02 $120,903,000
7986840 Tracking workflow in manipulating media items Jean-Francois Pelletier 2011-07-26 $139,381,000
7932909 User interface for controlling three-dimensional animation of an object Guido Hucking, Brian E. Walsh 2011-04-26 $140,137,000
7884834 In-context paint stroke characteristic adjustment Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Stephen Sheeler 2011-02-08 $159,068,000
7805678 Editing within single timeline John Gabriel Foster, Charles J. Migos 2010-09-28 $88,925,000
7671840 User interface control for changing a parameter Charles J. Migos, Patrick O. Heynen, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Egan Schulz 2010-03-02 $77,245,000