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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Hengwei Hsu — 13 Patents

Apple: 9 patents #3,521 of 18,612Top 20%
Motorola: 2 patents #6,945 of 14,142Top 50%
NONokia Solutions And Networks Oy: 1 patents #855 of 1,934Top 45%
Austin, TX: #2,540 of 18,064 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #11,592 of 125,132 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Hengwei Hsu has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in December 2025. Hengwei Hsu ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Hengwei Hsu in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2003.peak 31993: 1 patents19931996: 1 patents19962001: 2 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 3 patents20032004: 1 patents20042007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents20102024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12505040 Systems and methods for cache filtering Brian Alleyne, Bartosz Barakonski 2025-12-23
11985067 Flowlet switching using memory instructions Brian Alleyne, Mimi Dannhardt, Evan Gewirtz, Alexander Shechter, Sakthi Subramanian +1 more 2024-05-14 $1,211,000
7808503 Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, Joseph P. Bratt +19 more 2010-10-05 $111,667,000
7167181 Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, Joseph P. Bratt +19 more 2007-01-23 $79,943,000
6717576 Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, Joseph P. Bratt +19 more 2004-04-06 $28,082,000
6664959 Method and apparatus for culling in a graphics processor with deferred shading Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Stephen L. Dodgen, Richard E. Hessel, Emerson S. Fang, Jason Redgrave +1 more 2003-12-16 $17,812,000
6597363 Graphics processor with deferred shading Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, Joseph P. Bratt +11 more 2003-07-22 $53,686,000
6577305 Apparatus and method for performing setup operations in a 3-D graphics pipeline using unified primitive descriptors Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, George Cuan +3 more 2003-06-10 $18,665,000
6476807 Method and apparatus for performing conservative hidden surface removal in a graphics processor with deferred shading Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Stephen L. Dodgen, Richard E. Hessel, Emerson S. Fang, Jason Redgrave +1 more 2002-11-05 $18,743,000
6268875 Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, Joseph P. Bratt +11 more 2001-07-31 $42,779,000
6229553 Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, Joseph P. Bratt +11 more 2001-05-08 $52,146,000
5502406 Low power level shift circuit and method therefor Kevin Traynor 1996-03-26 $13,414,000
5272453 Method and apparatus for switching between gain curves of a voltage controlled oscillator Kevin Traynor, Kenneth R. Burch 1993-12-21 $23,288,000