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Marc J. Krochmal — 70 Patents

Apple: 70 patents #344 of 18,612Top 2%
Santa Clara, CA: #118 of 9,301 inventorsTop 2%
California: #4,486 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #29,186 of 4,157,543Top 1%
70 Patents All Time
Marc J. Krochmal has been granted 70 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in September 2025. Marc J. Krochmal ranks #29,186 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.70%). Patent records list Marc J. Krochmal in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2020.peak 112012: 2 patents20122015: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 6 patents20182019: 5 patents2020: 11 patents20202021: 9 patents2022: 9 patents20222023: 10 patents2024: 8 patents20242025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 70 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12418517 Media intercom over a secure device to device communication channel Bob Bradley 2025-09-16
12373831 Payment handoff system Bob Bradley, William M. Bumgarner, Vijay Sundaram, Margaret A. MOORE, Nicholas J. Shearer +1 more 2025-07-29
12299107 Systems and methods for proximity single sign-on Felipe Marin Cypriano, Gokul P. Thirumalai, Bob Bradley, Dmitry Belov 2025-05-13
12294655 Method of using one device to unlock another device Conrad Sauerwald, Alexander R. Ledwith, John J. Iarocci, Wade Benson, Gregory Novick +1 more 2025-05-06
12267206 Configuring accessory network connections Franco Travostino, Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Nicholas M. Fraioli, Anush G. Nadathur 2025-04-01
12185112 Temporary pairing for wireless devices Natalia A. Fornshell, Aarti Kumar, Robert D. Watson, Ariane Cotte, Bob Bradley +4 more 2024-12-31 $239,269,000
12177378 Ranging between mobile devices Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Sriram Hariharan 2024-12-24 $240,476,000
12175071 Providing a remote keyboard service Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Graham R. Clarke 2024-12-24 $240,476,000
12113784 Modifying security state with secured range detection Wade Benson, Alexander R. Ledwith, John J. Iarocci, Jerrold V. Hauck, Michael Brouwer +2 more 2024-10-08 $261,024,000
12067105 Managing permissions for different wireless devices to control a common host device Bob Bradley, William M. Bumgarner, Vijay Sundaram 2024-08-20 $206,773,000
11997496 Temporary pairing for wireless devices Natalia A. Fornshell, Aarti Kumar, Robert D. Watson, Ariane Cotte, Bob Bradley +4 more 2024-05-28 $205,493,000
11876806 Proximity credential sharing Conrad A. Shultz, Alexander D. Sanciangco, Brent M. Ledvina, Chelsea E. Pugh, Kyle C. Brogle +4 more 2024-01-16 $257,290,000
11868611 Providing a remote keyboard service Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Graham R. Clarke 2024-01-09 $219,732,000
11832100 Secure password sharing for wireless networks Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Nathan A. Kralian, Welly Kasten, Patrick L. Coffman 2023-11-28 $171,025,000
11805009 Configuring accessory network connections Franco Travostino, Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Nicholas M. Fraioli, Anush G. Nadathur 2023-10-31 $267,879,000
11799955 Data synchronization across multiple devices Joao Pedro De Almeida Forjaz De Lacerda, Giovanni Agnoli, Bob Bradley, Joshua R. Ford, Michael D. Ford +6 more 2023-10-24 $205,836,000
11792242 Sharing routine for suggesting applications to share content from host application John J. Iarocci, Joseph E. Meyer, Chiraag Sumanth, Joao Pedro Lacerda, Jacob Klapper 2023-10-17 $170,456,000
11765585 Techniques for enabling computing devices to identify when they are in proximity to one another Bob Bradley 2023-09-19 $175,852,000
11693946 Managing permissions for different wireless devices to control a common host device Bob Bradley, William M. Bumgarner, Vijay Sundaram 2023-07-04
11671530 Ranging-based reminders Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Sriram Hariharan 2023-06-06 $190,322,000
11662797 Techniques for adjusting computing device sleep states Varaprasad V. Lingutla, Kartik R. Venkatraman 2023-05-30 $227,111,000
11582215 Modifying security state with secured range detection Wade Benson, Alexander R. Ledwith, John J. Iarocci, Jerrold V. Hauck, Michael Brouwer +2 more 2023-02-14 $222,931,000
11561693 Providing a remote keyboard service Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Graham R. Clarke 2023-01-24 $273,522,000
11516337 Ranging between mobile devices Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Sriram Hariharan 2022-11-29 $175,082,000
11468162 Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing authentication credentials for user accounts Conrad A. Shultz, Richard J. Mondello, Reza Abbasian, Ivan Krstic, Darin B. Adler +14 more 2022-10-11 $189,022,000