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Nikolas T. Vitt — 37 Patents

Apple: 37 patents #805 of 18,612Top 5%
Redwood City, CA: #204 of 5,061 inventorsTop 5%
California: #12,909 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #88,321 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37 Patents All Time
Nikolas T. Vitt has been granted 37 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in May 2025. Nikolas T. Vitt ranks #88,321 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.1%). Patent records list Nikolas T. Vitt in Redwood City, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2024.peak 62015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 4 patents20192020: 5 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 5 patents2023: 5 patents20232024: 6 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12317057 Self-calibrating microphone and loudspeaker arrays for wearable audio devices Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Daniel K. Boothe, Martin E. Johnson, Neal D. Evans, Christopher T. Eubank +3 more 2025-05-27
12212906 Internal venting mechanisms for audio system with non-porous membrane Jiahui Liang, Andrew L. Doyle, Yingyi Wang, David William Nolan Robison 2025-01-28
12175159 Privacy with extra-aural speakers Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Neal D. Evans, Christopher T. Eubank, Jae Hwang Lee 2024-12-24 $240,476,000
12153477 Electronic device Daniela M. Deschamps, Brad G. Boozer, Stephen P. Jackson, David William Nolan Robison, Rebecca J. Russell +2 more 2024-11-26 $261,880,000
12099331 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2024-09-24 $301,193,000
12080278 Bone conduction transducers for privacy Robert D. Silfvast, Neal D. Evans, Jonathan D. Sheaffer 2024-09-03 $189,878,000
11902772 Own voice reinforcement using extra-aural speakers Paul Meade, Christopher T. Eubank, Neal D. Evans 2024-02-13 $152,277,000
11889249 Internal venting mechanisms for audio system with non-porous membrane Jiahui Liang, Andrew L. Doyle, Yingyi Wang, David William Nolan Robison 2024-01-30 $160,707,000
11832082 Self-calibrating microphone and loudspeaker arrays for wearable audio devices Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Daniel K. Boothe, Martin E. Johnson, Neal D. Evans, Christopher T. Eubank +3 more 2023-11-28 $171,025,000
11809774 Privacy with extra-aural speakers Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Neal D. Evans, Christopher T. Eubank, Jae Hwang Lee 2023-11-07 $200,618,000
11812194 Private conversations in a virtual setting James W. Vandyke, Sean A. Ramprashad, Neal D. Evans, Jonathan D. Sheaffer 2023-11-07 $200,618,000
11740591 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
11682414 Adjusting audio transparency based on content Christopher T. Eubank, Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Tomlinson Holman 2023-06-20 $341,239,000
11523244 Own voice reinforcement using extra-aural speakers Paul Meade, Christopher T. Eubank, Neal D. Evans 2022-12-06 $256,671,000
11501760 Bone conduction transducers for privacy Robert D. Silfvast, Neal D. Evans, Jonathan D. Sheaffer 2022-11-15 $272,708,000
11334032 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2022-05-17 $199,476,000
11304001 Speaker emulation of a microphone for wind detection Joyce Gorny, Thomas M. Jensen, Jeffrey N. Gleason, Tyrone T. Chen 2022-04-12 $201,337,000
11227623 Adjusting audio transparency based on content Christopher T. Eubank, Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Tomlinson Holman 2022-01-18 $422,418,000
11188151 Vibration driven housing component for audio reproduction, haptic feedback, and force sensing Tyler S. Bushnell, Justin D. Crosby, Kevin Truong, Daniel Corona 2021-11-30 $261,062,000
11176925 Bone conduction transducers for privacy Robert D. Silfvast, Neal D. Evans, Jonathan D. Sheaffer 2021-11-16 $241,630,000
10848864 Liquid-resistant modules, acoustic transducers and electronic devices Jesse A. Lippert, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Trevor J. Ness 2020-11-24 $169,360,000
10750287 Evacuation of liquid from acoustic space Jesse A. Lippert, Christopher Wilk, Rex T. Ehman 2020-08-18 $218,601,000
10595107 Speaker module architecture David M. Pelletier, Miodrag Pejin, Christopher Wilk, Mark A. Murphy, Brad G. Boozer 2020-03-17 $72,009,000
10595131 Audio speaker having an electrical path through a magnet assembly Christopher Wilk, David M. Pelletier 2020-03-17 $72,009,000
10587942 Liquid-resistant packaging for electro-acoustic transducers and electronic devices Anthony D. Minervini, David Wilkes, Peter C. Hrudey, Ruchir M. Dave, Amin M. Younes 2020-03-10 $142,673,000