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Michelle Yu — 32 Patents

Apple: 17 patents #1,950 of 18,612Top 15%
Google: 9 patents #2,895 of 22,993Top 15%
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.: 2 patents #699 of 1,805Top 40%
KNKno: 2 patents #12 of 18Top 70%
NENetgear: 1 patents #85 of 129Top 70%
Intel: 1 patents #18,326 of 30,777Top 60%
Oakland, CA: #127 of 4,380 inventorsTop 3%
California: #15,919 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Michelle Yu has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in May 2019. Michelle Yu ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Michelle Yu in Oakland, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2013.peak 52002: 2 patents20022004: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062009: 1 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 4 patents2015: 4 patents20152016: 4 patents2017: 3 patents20172019: 3 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10290441 Button structures for electronic devices Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg, Scott A. Myers, Kurt Stiehl 2019-05-14 $90,532,000
10262245 Compact ejectable component assemblies in electronic devices Jason Sloey 2019-04-16 $92,511,000
10181747 Charging keyboard based on magnetic field generated by computing device Andrew Bowers 2019-01-15 $49,104,000
9829929 Connector integrated into friction hinge James Tanner, Aaron Leiba 2017-11-28 $10,377,000
9779895 Cable micro input devices Kurt Stiehl, Wilhelmus M. C. Crooijmans, Cameron Frazier 2017-10-03 $57,959,000
9608389 Audio jack with included microphone Shaohai Chen, Phillip George Tamchina, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Jae-Han Lee, Trent Weber +1 more 2017-03-28 $84,983,000
9268366 Apparatus related to a structure of a base portion of a computing device Ji Lee, Jeffrey Y. Hayashida 2016-02-23 $16,485,000
9263203 In cable micro input devices Kurt Stiehl, Wilhelmus M. C. Crooijmans, Cameron Frazier 2016-02-16 $53,133,000
9237389 Audio port configuration for compact electronic devices Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Tang Yew Tan, Shaohai Chen 2016-01-12 $83,071,000
9232668 Compact ejectable component assemblies in electronic devices Jason Sloey 2016-01-05 $62,283,000
9182794 Notebook metal hinge as heat sink element Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, James Tanner 2015-11-10 $17,194,000
9086841 Connector integrated into friction hinge James Tanner, Aaron Leiba 2015-07-21 $20,975,000
9069523 Computer display including a bezel Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, Ji Lee 2015-06-30 $8,769,000
8964352 Mounting structures for components in electronic devices Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg 2015-02-24 $54,117,000
8861191 Apparatus related to a structure of a base portion of a computing device Ji Lee, Jeffrey Y. Hayashida 2014-10-14 $14,835,000
8821678 Electronic device enclosure assembly Jeffrey Y. Hayashida 2014-09-02 $10,028,000
8811003 Keyboard support member for a computing device Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, Ji Lee 2014-08-19 $12,642,000
8754340 Multiple function inline controller with buttons extending along different axes Christopher D. Prest, Kurt Stiehl, Cameron Frazier, Wim Crooijmans 2014-06-17 $110,921,000
8564965 Compact ejectable component assemblies in electronic devices Jason Sloey 2013-10-22 $104,740,000
8526161 Button structures for electronic devices Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg, Scott A. Myers, Kurt Stiehl 2013-09-03 $78,699,000
8456864 In cable micro input devices Kurt Stiehl, Wilhelmus M. C. Crooijmans, Cameron Frazier 2013-06-04 $97,267,000
8442254 Audio port configuration for compact electronic devices Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Tang Yew Tan, Shaohai Chen 2013-05-14 $74,979,000
8350167 Multiple function inline controller with buttons extending along different axes Christopher D. Prest, Kurt Stiehl, Cameron Frazier, Wim Crooijmans 2013-01-08 $91,537,000
8290546 Audio jack with included microphone Shaohai Chen, Phillip George Tamchina, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Jae-Han Lee, Trent Weber +1 more 2012-10-16 $118,372,000
8014142 Display window securing system Christopher D. Prest, Kyle Yeates 2011-09-06 $87,232,000