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Michael Culbert — 86 Patents

Apple: 86 patents #238 of 18,612Top 2%
Monte Sereno, CA: #9 of 229 inventorsTop 4%
California: #3,026 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #19,585 of 4,157,543Top 1%
86 Patents All Time
Michael Culbert has been granted 86 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in January 2025. Michael Culbert ranks #19,585 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.47%). Patent records list Michael Culbert in Monte Sereno, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 86 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12211506 Always-on audio control for mobile device Timothy J. Millet, Manu Gulati 2025-01-28
12117320 System on a chip with always-on component with powered-down configurations to process audio samples Brijesh Tripathi, Shane J. Keil, Manu Gulati, Jung Wook Cho, Erik P. Machnicki +4 more 2024-10-15 $249,534,000
11862173 Always-on audio control for mobile device Timothy J. Millet, Manu Gulati 2024-01-02 $111,466,000
11049503 Always-on audio control for mobile device Timothy J. Millet, Manu Gulati 2021-06-29 $366,278,000
10775863 Methods and apparatuses for controlling the temperature of a data processing system Keith Cox, Brian D. Howard, Josh P. de Cesare, Richard C. Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg +2 more 2020-09-15 $162,043,000
10573319 Always-on audio control for mobile device Timothy J. Millet, Manu Gulati 2020-02-25 $96,466,000
10431224 Always-on audio control for mobile device Timothy J. Millet, Manu Gulati 2019-10-01 $90,896,000
10276165 Always-on audio control for mobile device Timothy J. Millet, Manu Gulati 2019-04-30 $88,584,000
10199873 Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment Brett Bilbrey, David I. Simon, Peter M. Arnold 2019-02-05 $70,781,000
10079019 Always-on audio control for mobile device Timothy J. Millet, Manu Gulati 2018-09-18 $166,822,000
9955426 Backlight and ambient light sensor system Scott Herz, Roberto G. Yepez, Scott Forstall 2018-04-24 $65,456,000
9935631 Methods and apparatuses using control indicators for data processing systems Andrew Gong, Brian Q. Huppi, Christoph H. Krah, Richard D. Cappels, Duncan Robert Kerr 2018-04-03 $86,753,000
9671845 Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control David G. Conroy, Keith Cox 2017-06-06 $75,498,000
9542914 Display system with improved graphics abilities while switching graphics processing units Kapil V. Sakariya, Victor H. Yin 2017-01-10 $61,338,000
9509829 Urgent communications Scott Forstall, Henri C. Lamiraux, Michael Cheng-Lai Lee, David Tupman 2016-11-29 $57,183,000
9466989 Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment Brett Bilbrey, David I. Simon, Peter M. Arnold 2016-10-11 $94,888,000
9436497 Linking multiple independent control systems to distribute response Keith Cox, Kit-Man Wan 2016-09-06 $77,599,000
9317090 Methods and apparatuses for operating a data processing system Keith Cox, Brian D. Howard, Josh P. de Cesare, Richard C. Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg +2 more 2016-04-19 $45,541,000
9274574 Methods and apparatuses for determining throttle settings to satisfy a system power constraint David G. Conroy, Keith Cox 2016-03-01 $57,077,000
9086864 Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment Brett Bilbrey, David I. Simon, Peter M. Arnold 2015-07-21 $90,600,000
9043627 Methods and apparatuses for controlling the temperature of a data processing system Keith Cox, Brian D. Howard, Josh P. de Cesare, Richard C. Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg +2 more 2015-05-26 $89,191,000
8942764 Personal media device controlled via user initiated movements utilizing movement based interfaces Scott Forstall, Nicholas V. King, Michael M. Lee 2015-01-27 $117,296,000
8890815 Incorporating chromatic sensors in computer mice Brett Bilbrey 2014-11-18 $78,848,000
8855459 Method and apparatus for prolonging battery life of a media player Timothy J. Millet, William C. Athas 2014-10-07 $113,416,000
8836502 Personal media device input and output control based on associated conditions David Tupman, Daniel S. Keen, Anthony J. Guetta, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois, Victor Tiscareno +6 more 2014-09-16 $52,432,000