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Robert R. Ulrich — 28 Patents

Apple: 24 patents #1,340 of 18,612Top 8%
AFAmerican Fluoroseal: 2 patents #2 of 2Top 100%
LALaser Applications: 1 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
UMUnited Container Machinery: 1 patents #7 of 14Top 50%
San Jose, CA: #2,229 of 32,062 inventorsTop 7%
California: #19,067 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Robert R. Ulrich has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in August 2023. Robert R. Ulrich ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Robert R. Ulrich in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1999.peak 41989: 1 patents19891990: 2 patents1992: 1 patents19921996: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents1999: 4 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 2 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092013: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 2 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11741210 Proximity unlock and lock operations for electronic devices Jean-Pierre Cuidad, Kevin N. Armstrong, Andreas W. Wendker, Craig M. Federighi, Steve Ko 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
11550467 Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing data stored on a device Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Frank De Jong, Patrick L. Coffman 2023-01-10 $215,259,000
11055392 Proximity unlock and lock operations for electronic devices Jean-Pierre Cuidad, Kevin N. Armstrong, Andreas W. Wendker, Craig M. Federighi, Steve Ko 2021-07-06 $305,052,000
10546113 Proximity unlock and lock operations for electronic devices Jean-Pierre Cuidad, Kevin N. Armstrong, Andreas W. Wendker, Craig M. Federighi, Steve Ko 2020-01-28 $144,266,000
10055567 Proximity unlock and lock operations for electronic devices Jean-Pierre Cuidad, Kevin N. Armstrong, Andreas W. Wendker, Craig M. Federighi, Steve Ko 2018-08-21 $77,719,000
8531480 Data-driven layout engine Joseph Adam Ruff, Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2013-09-10 $96,051,000
7609279 Data-driven layout engine Joseph Adam Ruff, Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2009-10-27 $203,941,000
6958758 Pattern and color abstraction in a graphical user interface Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2005-10-25 $210,572,000
6909437 Data driven layout engine Joseph Adam Ruff, Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2005-06-21 $157,602,000
6731310 Switching between appearance/behavior themes in graphical user interfaces Timothy John Craycroft, Jeffrey R. Cobb, Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2004-05-04 $21,529,000
6710782 Data driven layout engine Joseph Adam Ruff, Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2004-03-23 $20,139,000
6466228 Pattern and color abstraction in a graphical user interface Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2002-10-15 $23,837,000
6404433 Data-driven layout engine Joseph Adam Ruff, Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2002-06-11 $25,458,000
6297818 Graphical user interface having sound effects for operating control elements and dragging objects Arlo Rose 2001-10-02 $37,262,000
6243102 Data-driven layout engine Joseph Adam Ruff, Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2001-06-05 $34,638,000
6239795 Pattern and color abstraction in a graphical user interface Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 2001-05-29 $138,698,000
6104391 System and method for customizing appearance and behavior of graphical user interfaces Robert G. Johnston, Jr., Timothy John Craycroft, Jeffrey R. Cobb 2000-08-15 $117,020,000
5963206 Pattern and color abstraction in a graphical user interface Robert G. Johnston, Jr. 1999-10-05 $22,575,000
5959624 System and method for customizing appearance and behavior of graphical user interfaces Robert G. Johnston, Jr., Timothy John Craycroft, Jeffrey R. Cobb 1999-09-28 $64,987,000
5917487 Data-driven method and system for drawing user interface objects 1999-06-29 $18,720,000
5880729 Graphical user interfaces having animated control elements Robert G. Johnston, Jr., Elizabeth Robinson Moller 1999-03-09 $17,002,000
5838315 Support for custom user-interaction elements in a graphical, event-driven computer system Timothy John Craycroft 1998-11-17 $8,037,000
5692142 Support for custom user-interaction elements in a graphical, event driven computer system Timothy John Craycroft 1997-11-25 $8,365,000
5566248 Method and apparatus for a recognition editor and routine interface for a computer system 1996-10-15 $7,908,000
5160556 Method of hardening corrugating rolls Glenn F. Hyde 1992-11-03