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John J. Sullivan — 13 Patents

Apple: 3 patents #7,530 of 18,612Top 45%
RRRighthand Robotics: 1 patents #7 of 12Top 60%
W&W. R. Grace &: 1 patents #186 of 433Top 45%
Harris: 1 patents #1,315 of 2,461Top 55%
Sunnyvale, CA: #2,165 of 14,302 inventorsTop 20%
California: #47,433 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
John J. Sullivan has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in August 2025. John J. Sullivan ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list John J. Sullivan in Sunnyvale, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2025.peak 31980: 1 patents19801997: 1 patents19972002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents20042010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents20152025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12393257 Wakeup circuit Talbott M. Houk, Wenxun Huang, Nikola Jovanovic, Floyd L. Dankert, Sanjay Pant +12 more 2025-08-19
12354674 Non-volatile memory power cycle protection mechanism James M. Hollabaugh, Jason W. Brinsfield, Calvin M. Ryan, Andreas Adler 2025-07-08
12311535 Robotic device configuration Timothy A. Fofonoff 2025-05-27
8949145 Systems and methods for the selection and purchase of digital assets Gregory W. Harper 2015-02-03 $863,000
8484087 Systems and methods for the selection and purchase of digital assets Gregory W. Harper 2013-07-09 $1,689,000
8099252 Self-test power management unit Daniel Adam Warren 2012-01-17 $94,106,000
7917346 Geospatial modeling system providing simulated tree trunks and branches for groups of tree crown vegetation points and related methods Harlan Yates, Mark Rahmes, Timothy B. Faulkner, Brian Hicks 2011-03-29 $9,022,000
7881980 Systems and methods for the selection and purchase of digital assets Gregory W. Harper 2011-02-01 $822,000
7653574 Systems and methods for the selection and purchase of digital assets Gregory W. Harper 2010-01-26 $1,241,000
D500352 Training device for swinging a golf club 2004-12-28
D460604 Plastic baseball cap with adjustable strap and forehead padding 2002-07-23
5595073 Weatherproof multiple padlock case, cover and method 1997-01-21
4227381 Wind tunnel freezer Eugene D. Prine 1980-10-14 $4,066,000