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Robert Y. Cao — 65 Patents

Apple: 58 patents #456 of 18,612Top 3%
General Motors: 5 patents #3,105 of 18,328Top 20%
Tesla: 1 patents #515 of 838Top 65%
San Francisco, CA: #296 of 26,999 inventorsTop 2%
California: #5,108 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #33,516 of 4,157,543Top 1%
65 Patents All Time
Robert Y. Cao has been granted 65 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in September 2025. Robert Y. Cao ranks #33,516 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.81%). Patent records list Robert Y. Cao in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2016 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 2018.peak 122016: 2 patents20162017: 3 patents20172018: 12 patents20182019: 9 patents20192020: 10 patents20202021: 6 patents20212022: 6 patents20222023: 6 patents20232024: 7 patents20242025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 65 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12411551 Enclosure with locally-flexible regions Alex J. Lehmann, Dinesh C. Mathew, Mikael Silvanto, Qiliang Xu, Paul X. Wang +1 more 2025-09-09
12317631 Displays with camera window openings Eric L. Benson, Bryan W. Posner, Christopher L. Boitnott, Dinesh C. Mathew, Jun Qi +1 more 2025-05-27
12253884 Input devices incorporating biometric sensors Michael K. McCord, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque 2025-03-18
12189439 Multi-part device enclosure Mikael Silvanto, Simon J. Trivett, Matthew Theobald, Dinesh C. Mathew, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque +13 more 2025-01-07
12164344 Hinges for folding display devices Scott J. Krahn, Adam T. Garelli, Bradley J. Hamel, Dinesh C. Mathew, Hoon Kim +5 more 2024-12-10 $286,613,000
D1053148 Electronic device Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft +22 more 2024-12-03
12147605 Device having integrated interface system Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Brett W. Degner, Ron A. Hopkinson, Asif Hussain, Dinesh C. Mathew +7 more 2024-11-19 $210,988,000
12041714 Heat dissipation features of autonomous vehicle sensor Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, Zoran Stefanoski, Reza Azizian, Kaida Chen 2024-07-16
12007818 Floating heat spreader for processing assembly Zoran Stefanoski, Brian Schlotterbeck, Wen-chieh Tang, Roger Lo 2024-06-11
11973004 Mechanical architecture for a multi-chip module Mitchell Heschke, Mengzhi Pang, Shishuang Sun, Vijaykumar Krithivasan 2024-04-30 $6,475,135,000
11960334 Mandrel flex circuit routing Mikael Silvanto, Bartley K. Andre, Adam T. Garelli, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, Dinesh C. Mathew +8 more 2024-04-16 $181,044,000
11747860 Input devices incorporating biometric sensors Michael K. McCord, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque 2023-09-05 $187,157,000
11720176 Device having integrated interface system Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Brett W. Degner, Ron A. Hopkinson, Asif Hussain, Dinesh C. Mathew +7 more 2023-08-08 $174,735,000
11715810 Displays with camera window openings Eric L. Benson, Bryan W. Posner, Christopher L. Boitnott, Dinesh C. Mathew, Jun Qi +1 more 2023-08-01 $216,194,000
11656660 Mandrel flex circuit routing Mikael Silvanto, Bartley K. Andre, Adam T. Garelli, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, Dinesh C. Mathew +8 more 2023-05-23 $278,359,000
11629920 Structural mount with integrated cooling for autonomous vehicle sensors Zoran Stefanoski 2023-04-18
11550369 Multi-part device enclosure Mikael Silvanto, Simon J. Trivett, Matthew Theobald, Dinesh C. Mathew, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque +13 more 2023-01-10 $215,259,000
11512730 Stud assembly for high current applications Brian Schlotterbeck, Adli Nureddin 2022-11-29
11487362 Enclosure with locally-flexible regions Alex J. Lehmann, Dinesh C. Mathew, Mikael Silvanto, Qiliang Xu, Paul X. Wang +1 more 2022-11-01 $163,971,000
11419231 Forming glass covers for electronic devices Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, Dinesh C. Mathew, A C Manjunath, Christopher D. Jones, Christopher D. Prest +3 more 2022-08-16 $228,519,000
11372151 Illuminated device enclosure with dynamic trackpad comprising translucent layers with light emitting elements Qiliang Xu, Dinesh C. Mathew, Adam T. Garelli, Richard G. Huizar, Genie Kim +1 more 2022-06-28 $172,717,000
11366493 Input devices incorporating biometric sensors Michael K. McCord, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque 2022-06-21 $223,110,000
11366523 Device having integrated interface system Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Brett W. Degner, Ron A. Hopkinson, Asif Hussain, Dinesh C. Mathew +7 more 2022-06-21 $223,110,000
11191190 Two-phase cooling systems for autonomous driving super computers Zoran Stefanoski 2021-11-30
11099649 Device having integrated interface system Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Brett W. Degner, Ron A. Hopkinson, Asif Hussain, Dinesh C. Mathew +7 more 2021-08-24 $193,607,000