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Kanye Lim — 18 Patents

Apple: 18 patents #1,823 of 18,612Top 10%
Los Altos, CA: #652 of 3,651 inventorsTop 20%
California: #33,102 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Kanye Lim has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in January 2022. Kanye Lim ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Kanye Lim in Los Altos, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 22007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 2 patents20152017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11233356 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2022-01-25 $316,687,000
10490933 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2019-11-26 $106,937,000
10090618 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2018-10-02 $93,373,000
9711893 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2017-07-18 $64,222,000
9634428 Electromagnetic connector for electronic device John C. DiFonzo, Bartley K. Andre, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Jean-Marc Gery 2017-04-25 $59,408,000
9112304 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2015-08-18 $84,581,000
8970332 Electromagnetic connector for electronic device John C. DiFonzo, Bartley K. Andre, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Jean-Marc Gery 2015-03-03 $69,304,000
8690582 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2014-04-08 $54,530,000
8497753 Electromagnetic connector for electronic device John C. DiFonzo, Bartley K. Andre, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Jean-Marc Gery 2013-07-30 $215,919,000
8435042 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2013-05-07 $93,441,000
8177560 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2012-05-15 $168,141,000
8087939 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2012-01-03 $172,634,000
7901216 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2011-03-08 $174,514,000
7645143 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2010-01-12 $216,821,000
7641477 Electromagnetic connector for electronic device John C. DiFonzo, Bartley K. Andre, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Jean-Marc Gery 2010-01-05 $76,976,000
7517222 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2009-04-14 $143,497,000
7351066 Electromagnetic connector for electronic device John C. DiFonzo, Bartley K. Andre, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Jean-Marc Gery 2008-04-01 $144,431,000
7311526 Magnetic connector for electronic device Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Mark Edward Doutt, Bartley K. Andre, John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery 2007-12-25