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Jay S. Laefer — 12 Patents

Apple: 12 patents #2,744 of 18,612Top 15%
Sunnyvale, CA: #2,336 of 14,302 inventorsTop 20%
California: #51,404 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Jay S. Laefer has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in January 2015. Jay S. Laefer ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Jay S. Laefer in Sunnyvale, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8938217 Communicating and storing information associated with media broadcasts Jesse Dorogusker, Emily Clark Schubert, Donald J. Novotney, Anthony M. Fadell, Michael B. Hailey +6 more 2015-01-20 $326,015,000
8836502 Personal media device input and output control based on associated conditions Michael Culbert, David Tupman, Daniel S. Keen, Anthony J. Guetta, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois +6 more 2014-09-16 $52,432,000
8307146 Communication between a host device and an accessory via an intermediate device Gregory T. Lydon, John Ananny, Terry Tikalsky 2012-11-06 $104,968,000
8239605 Communication between a host device and an accessory via an intermediate device Gregory T. Lydon, John Ananny, Terry Tikalsky 2012-08-07 $90,079,000
8200881 Communication between a host device and an accessory via an intermediate device Gregory T. Lydon, John Ananny, Terry Tikalsky 2012-06-12 $159,667,000
8095713 Smart cables Jahan Minoo, Scott Krueger, Jesse Dorogusker 2012-01-10 $102,071,000
8078787 Communication between a host device and an accessory via an intermediate device Gregory T. Lydon, John Ananny, Terry Tikalsky 2011-12-13 $85,027,000
8006019 Method and system for transferring stored data between a media player and an accessory Scott Krueger, Gregory T. Lydon 2011-08-23 $94,293,000
7908415 Method and system for controlling video selection and playback in a portable media player Gregory T. Lydon, Donald J. Novotney, John Benjamin Filson, David Tupman 2011-03-15 $214,288,000
7797471 Method and system for transferring album artwork between a media player and an accessory Gregory T. Lydon, Donald J. Novotney, John Benjamin Filson, David Tupman 2010-09-14 $110,383,000
7673083 Method and system for controlling video selection and playback in a portable media player Gregory T. Lydon, Donald J. Novotney, John Benjamin Filson, David Tupman 2010-03-02 $77,245,000
7634605 Method and system for transferring stored data between a media player and an accessory Scott Krueger, Gregory T. Lydon 2009-12-15 $137,107,000