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Ian S. Small — 9 Patents

Apple: 9 patents #3,521 of 18,612Top 20%
Toronto, CA: #856 of 9,482 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Ian S. Small has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in July 1999. Ian S. Small ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Ian S. Small in Toronto, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1996.peak 21993: 1 patents19931995: 1 patents19951996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents19981999: 2 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5929861 Walk-through rendering system 1999-07-27 $10,369,000
5898434 User interface system having programmable user interface elements Michael Chen, Eric Zarakov, Richard Mander, Laurie J. Vertelney, Amanda Mander +4 more 1999-04-27 $23,370,000
5812142 Motion movement cueing through synchronized display port and image Richard Mander, Michael Chen 1998-09-22 $7,620,000
5771041 System for producing directional sound in computer based virtual environment 1998-06-23 $30,381,000
5642303 Time and location based computing Michael Chen 1997-06-24 $7,471,000
5586237 Method for generating and displaying content-based depictions of computer generated objects Ronald M. Baecker 1996-12-17 $7,911,000
5568603 Method and system for transparent mode switching between two different interfaces Michael Chen, Richard Mander 1996-10-22 $12,374,000
5479602 Content-based depictions of computer icons Ronald M. Baecker 1995-12-26 $18,868,000
5202961 Sequential information controller Michael Mills, Jonathan R. Cohen, Yin Yin Wong 1993-04-13 $20,295,000