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Nitin Ganatra — 37 Patents

Apple: 34 patents #889 of 18,612Top 5%
JIJawbone Innovations: 2 patents #2 of 7Top 30%
San Jose, CA: #1,557 of 32,062 inventorsTop 5%
California: #12,909 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #88,321 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37 Patents All Time
Nitin Ganatra has been granted 37 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in January 2023. Nitin Ganatra ranks #88,321 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.1%). Patent records list Nitin Ganatra in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2012.peak 82009: 1 patents20092011: 3 patents2012: 8 patents20122013: 7 patents2014: 6 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 2 patents20182020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11569789 Compensation for ambient sound signals to facilitate adjustment of an audio volume 2023-01-31
11165399 Compensation for ambient sound signals to facilitate adjustment of an audio volume 2021-11-02
10904118 Background task execution over a network Jeremy Wyld, Richard Williamson 2021-01-26 $257,028,000
10705701 Device, method, and graphical user interface for moving a current position in content at a variable scrubbing rate Charles J. Pisula, Imran Chaudhri 2020-07-07 $144,181,000
10021005 Background task execution over a network Jeremy Wyld, Richard Williamson 2018-07-10 $58,779,000
9952759 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons Steven P. Jobs, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Herz +19 more 2018-04-24 $65,456,000
9736281 Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an application communication protocol Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Mitchell D. Adler, Emily Clark Schubert, Jesse Dorogusker 2017-08-15 $97,242,000
9335924 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons Steven P. Jobs, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Herz +19 more 2016-05-10 $45,935,000
9069908 Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an application communication protocol Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Mitchell D. Adler, Emily Clark Schubert, Jesse Dorogusker 2015-06-30 $70,639,000
8959213 Daemon process determination of idle time of network activity at network interface Jeremy Wyld, Richard Williamson 2015-02-17 $88,226,000
8958896 Dynamic routing of audio among multiple audio devices Christopher D. McKillop, Gregory N. Christie, Hooman Borghei, Justin Santamaria, Chris Ryan 2015-02-17 $88,226,000
8948729 Secure device configuration profiles Mitchell D. Adler, Curtis C. Galloway, Christophe Allie, Conrad Sauerwald, Dallas B. De Atley +5 more 2015-02-03
8819471 Methods and apparatus for power state based backup Thomas Alsina, Gordon J. Freedman, Kenneth B. McNeil, Eric Krugler, Sean B. Kelly +1 more 2014-08-26 $72,159,000
8775652 Communication between a mobile computing device and an accessory using an accessory protocol and an application protocol Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Mitchell D. Adler, Emily Clark Schubert, Jesse Dorogusker 2014-07-08 $79,304,000
8700789 Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an application communication protocol Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Mitchell D. Adler, Emily Clark Schubert, Jesse Dorogusker 2014-04-15 $81,052,000
8689034 Methods and apparatus for power state based backup Thomas Alsina, Gordon J. Freedman, Kenneth B. McNeil, Eric Krugler, Sean B. Kelly +1 more 2014-04-01 $55,407,000
8683037 Background task execution over a network Jeremy Wyld, Richard Williamson 2014-03-25 $67,584,000
8639733 Automatic identification of compatible applications and accessories Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Mitchell D. Adler, Emily Clark Schubert, Shyam S. Toprani +3 more 2014-01-28 $76,773,000
8620272 Capability model for mobile devices Scott Herz 2013-12-31 $83,639,000
8577971 Email fetching system and method in a portable electronic device Scott Forstall, Dan Keen 2013-11-05 $69,090,000
8564544 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons Steven P. Jobs, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Herz +19 more 2013-10-22 $104,740,000
8554924 Connection to multiple accessories with multiple accessory-specific protocols Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Mitchell D. Adler, Emily Clark Schubert, Jesse Dorogusker +2 more 2013-10-08 $62,809,000
8539093 Port discovery and message delivery in a portable electronic device Scott Forstall, Dan Keen 2013-09-17 $73,460,000
8402128 Accessory attachment protocol and responsive actions Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Shyam S. Toprani 2013-03-19 $67,108,000
8402145 Application communication with external accessories Paul-Phillip Holden, Lawrence G. Bolton, Shyam S. Toprani 2013-03-19 $67,108,000