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Robert D. Butler — 12 Patents

Apple: 7 patents #4,315 of 18,612Top 25%
SAScience Accessories: 4 patents #2 of 7Top 30%
TCThe Weather Channel: 1 patents #20 of 61Top 35%
Middletown, DE: #26 of 298 inventorsTop 9%
Delaware: #765 of 7,163 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Robert D. Butler has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in December 2024. Robert D. Butler ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Robert D. Butler in Middletown, DE, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12177768 Maintaining access to services via SIM card Nelson M. Leduc, Lauren E. Tappana, Nicholas J. Circosta, Andrew J. DALEY, Guozhi Huang +2 more 2024-12-24 $240,476,000
11917030 Push notification distribution system Huan He, Jonathon Sodos, Nicholas J. Circosta, Sean GEIGER, Nelson M. Leduc +7 more 2024-02-27 $182,166,000
11737012 Maintaining access to services via SIM card Nelson M. Leduc, Lauren E. Tappana, Nicholas J. Circosta, Andrew J. DALEY, Guozhi Huang +2 more 2023-08-22 $159,607,000
11228580 Two-factor device authentication Gokul P. Thirumalai, Daniel B. Pollack, Ryan W. Baker, David G. Knipp, Sudhakar N. Mambakkam +4 more 2022-01-18 $422,418,000
11012322 Notification of service availability on a device Nicholas J. Circosta, Daniel B. Pollack, Nelson M. Leduc, Ryan W. Baker 2021-05-18 $223,963,000
10321298 Selection of preferred mechanisms for telephone number validation Ryan W. Baker, Daniel B. Pollack 2019-06-11 $92,962,000
8929853 Mobile emergency attack and failsafe detection 2015-01-06 $123,182,000
8619850 System and method for monitoring broadcast signals Michael W. Smereski 2013-12-31
5050134 Position determining apparatus 1991-09-17 $116,000
5043950 Apparatus and method for distance determination Stanley Schorum 1991-08-27 $84,000
5009277 Method and apparatus for position determination Seymour J. Sindeband 1991-04-23 $225,000
4956824 Position determination apparatus Seymour J. Sindeband 1990-09-11 $128,000