John Posthill — 4 Patents at Apple

John Posthill has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in October 2025. John Posthill ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list John Posthill in Chapel Hill, NC, US.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date
12456662	Structures with through-substrate vias and methods for forming the same	Gaius Gillman Fountain, Jr., Cyprian Emeka Uzoh, George Carlton Hudson	2025-10-28
7997087	Thin film thermoelectric devices for hot-spot thermal management in microprocessors and other electronics	Rama Venkatasubramanian, Randall G. Alley, Pratima Addepalli, Anil J. Reddy, Edward P. Siivola +3 more	2011-08-16
7523617	Thin film thermoelectric devices for hot-spot thermal management in microprocessors and other electronics	Rama Venkatasubramanian, Randall G. Alley, Pratima Addepalli, Anil J. Reddy, Edward P. Siivola +3 more	2009-04-28
6552295	Plasma furnace disposal of hazardous wastes	Robert J. Markunas, Robert Hendry, Raymond Thomas	2003-04-22

John Posthill — 4 Patents

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