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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Martin Melcher — 60 Patents

Apple: 45 patents #634 of 18,612Top 4%
SFSaint-Gobain Glass France: 14 patents #32 of 1,055Top 4%
Overall (All Time): #38,820 of 4,157,543Top 1%
60 Patents All Time
Martin Melcher has been granted 60 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in September 2025. Martin Melcher ranks #38,820 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.93%). Patent records list Martin Melcher in Paris, CA, FR.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2020.peak 112013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 4 patents20152017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 8 patents2020: 11 patents20202021: 7 patents2022: 10 patents20222023: 7 patents2024: 4 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 60 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12416745 Electronic devices having glass layers with scratch resistant coatings Matthew S. Rogers, Ove Lyngnes, Que Anh S. Nguyen, Stephen C. Cool, Tyler R. Roschuk 2025-09-16
D1062743 Backplate for an electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +18 more 2025-02-18
12162331 Systems with adjustable windows Christopher D. Jones, Ibuki Kamei, James R. Wilson, Clarisse Mazuir, John Raff +2 more 2024-12-10 $286,613,000
12134308 Systems with suppressed window reflections David E. Kingman, Christopher D. Jones, Derek C. Scott, James R. Wilson, Peter F. Masschelein 2024-11-05 $371,466,000
12044875 Light-control panel with layered optical components David E. Kingman, Christopher D. Jones, James R. Wilson, Peter F. Masschelein 2024-07-23 $287,558,000
D1018548 Backplate for an electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +18 more 2024-03-19
11851030 Window defect sensing and image processing Clarisse Mazuir, Malcolm J. Northcott, Jack E. Graves, James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Jones 2023-12-26 $179,025,000
11833891 Laminated glazing David E. Kingman, Derek C. Scott, Christopher L. Porritt, Marcelo B. da Silveira Magalhaes, Peter F. Masschelein +1 more 2023-12-05 $213,405,000
11747539 Light-control panel with layered optical components David E. Kingman, Christopher D. Jones, James R. Wilson, Peter F. Masschelein 2023-09-05 $187,157,000
11739425 Electronic device coatings for reflecting mid-spectrum visible light Brian S. Tryon, Lijie Bao, Sonja R. Postak 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
D995533 Backplate for an electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +18 more 2023-08-15
11719865 Visible-light-reflecting coatings for electronic devices Brian S. Tryon, Lijie Bao, Sonja R. Postak 2023-08-08 $174,735,000
11641724 Conductive PVD stack-up design to improve reliability of deposited electrodes Jiahui Liang, Anirban Das, Jungyup Kim, Srinivasan Varadharajan, Wolf Oetting 2023-05-02 $520,634,000
11506623 Systems for detecting cracks in windows Christopher D. Jones, James R. Wilson 2022-11-22 $281,216,000
11498397 Systems with adjustable windows Christopher D. Jones, Ibuki Kamei, James R. Wilson, Clarisse Mazuir, John Raff +2 more 2022-11-15 $272,708,000
D962948 Backplate for an electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +18 more 2022-09-06
11432766 Wearable electronic device with electrodes for sensing biological parameters Sameer Pandya, Adam T. Clavelle, Erik G. de Jong, Michael B. Wittenberg, Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan +3 more 2022-09-06 $222,166,000
11426091 Film coatings as electrically conductive pathways Adam T. Clavelle 2022-08-30 $200,913,000
11399442 Colored coatings for electronic devices Khadijeh Bayat, Yoshitaka Matsui, Naomi Sugawara, Daisuke Nozu, Xianwei Zhao +3 more 2022-07-26 $351,586,000
11398359 Transparent keycaps Paul X. Wang, Christopher D. Jones, Dinesh C. Mathew, Keith J. Hendren, Matthew S. Rogers +3 more 2022-07-26 $351,586,000
11348345 Window defect sensing and image processing Clarisse Mazuir, Malcolm J. Northcott, Jack E. Graves, James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Jones 2022-05-31 $175,196,000
11272631 Conductive PVD stack-up design to improve reliability of deposited electrodes Jiahui Liang, Anirban Das, Jungyup Kim, Srinivasan Varadharajan, Wolf Oetting 2022-03-08 $181,377,000
11237315 Light-control panel with layered optical components David E. Kingman, Christopher D. Jones, James R. Wilson, Peter F. Masschelein 2022-02-01 $281,904,000
D939512 Backplate for an electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +18 more 2021-12-28
11186146 Laminated glazing David E. Kingman, Derek C. Scott, Christopher L. Porritt, Marcelo B. da Silveira Magalhaes, Peter F. Masschelein +1 more 2021-11-30 $261,062,000