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John G. Tang — 42 Patents

Apple: 31 patents #997 of 18,612Top 6%
TLTrimble Navigation Limited: 6 patents #141 of 889Top 20%
Amazon: 3 patents #5,214 of 19,158Top 30%
San Carlos, CA: #56 of 427 inventorsTop 15%
California: #10,667 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
John G. Tang has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in August 2025. John G. Tang ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list John G. Tang in San Carlos, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2012.peak 71991: 1 patents19911993: 1 patents1994: 4 patents19941997: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 7 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 5 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202023: 1 patents2024: 3 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12379833 Automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system 2025-08-05
12182387 Automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system 2024-12-31 $239,269,000
12175063 Automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system 2024-12-24 $240,476,000
D1024586 Portable chair Wai-Loong Lim, Kumiko Furukawa, Michael Zapata, Mieko Kusano 2024-04-30
11733845 Automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system 2023-08-22 $159,607,000
10823965 Peripheral treatment for head-mounted displays Anthony M. Fadell 2020-11-03 $233,982,000
10499043 Enhanced image display in head-mounted displays 2019-12-03 $109,496,000
9965157 Automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system 2018-05-08 $70,060,000
9880720 Adjusting media display in a personal display system based on perspective Anthony M. Fadell 2018-01-30 $84,681,000
9806772 Apparatuses and methods that facilitate the transfer of power and information among radio frequency-based devices Gregory N. Christie, Jesse Dorogusker, Donald J. Novotney, Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, Terry Tikalsky +2 more 2017-10-31 $71,010,000
9667954 Enhanced image display in head-mounted displays 2017-05-30 $83,886,000
9494975 Accessory device identification method John Mathew Depew 2016-11-15 $58,136,000
9383582 Peripheral treatment for head-mounted displays Anthony M. Fadell 2016-07-05 $80,430,000
8888309 Lighted electronic device cases Khim Foo, Kari Rinko, Gregory Turner Witmer, Qing-Hua He, Jerilynn S. Ng 2014-11-18 $67,154,000
8867758 Headset electronics Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, Emery A. Sanford, M. Evans Hankey, Terry Tikalsky, Daniele De Iuliis +1 more 2014-10-21 $78,430,000
8832557 Adjusting media display in a personal display system based on perspective Anthony M. Fadell 2014-09-09 $79,178,000
8731225 Wireless communication headset with wired and wireless modes Brett Alten 2014-05-20 $67,345,000
8712071 Headset electronics Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, Emery A. Sanford, M. Evans Hankey, Terry Tikalsky, Daniele De Iuliis +1 more 2014-04-29 $74,889,000
8616904 Plug-retaining receptacle Larry W. Martin 2013-12-31 $49,389,000
8605008 Head-mounted display Christopher D. Prest, M. Evans Hankey 2013-12-10 $112,403,000
8549415 Automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system 2013-10-01 $90,690,000
8472874 Method and system for pairing of wireless devices using physical presence Evans Hankey, Emery A. Sanford 2013-06-25 $71,800,000
8401473 Apparatuses and methods that facilitate the transfer of power and information among electrical devices Greg Christie, Jesse Dorogusker, Donald J. Novotney, Jeffrey J. Terlizi, Terry Tikalsky +2 more 2013-03-19 $67,108,000
8212859 Peripheral treatment for head-mounted displays Anthony M. Fadell 2012-07-03 $211,685,000
8207906 Antenna insert Victor Tiscareno, Stephen P. Zadesky 2012-06-26 $142,395,000