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Samuel G. Smith — 42 Patents

Apple: 38 patents #781 of 18,612Top 5%
Cupertino, CA: #347 of 6,989 inventorsTop 5%
California: #10,667 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Samuel G. Smith has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in November 2025. Samuel G. Smith ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Samuel G. Smith in Cupertino, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2018.peak 112014: 2 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 6 patents20162017: 5 patents2018: 11 patents20182019: 5 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12461559 Head mounted device with position change detection and correction Jae Hwang Lee, David A. Kalinowski, Claire E. Dalke 2025-11-04
12177639 Wearable electronic device Andrea L. Blakemore, Amit S. Barve, Donald L. Olmstead, Joshua A. Hoover, Seulbi Kim +2 more 2024-12-24 $240,476,000
11994907 Head mounted device Jae Hwang Lee, David A. Kalinowski, Claire E. Dalke 2024-05-28
11733529 Load-distributing headband for head-mounted device Andrew Gallaher, Trevor J. Ness 2023-08-22 $159,607,000
11290818 Wearable electronic device with speakers and sensors Andrea L. Blakemore, Amit S. Barve, Donald L. Olmstead, Joshua A. Hoover, Seulbi Kim 2022-03-29 $247,204,000
11150695 Head mounted device Jae Hwang Lee, David A. Kalinowski, Claire E. Dalke 2021-10-19 $254,245,000
10892625 Cases and folios for carrying and charging accessories Jeremy C. Franklin, Yoonhoo Jo, Nicholas R. Trincia, Paul M. Baker, Jessica J. Lu +2 more 2021-01-12 $398,981,000
10686483 Accessory device having a retaining feature James G. Griffin, II, Daniel J. Coster, Yoonhoo Jo 2020-06-16 $184,976,000
10543669 Accessory units for consumer electronic devices and related assemblies Santhana K. Balaji, Kevin M. Kenney, Andrew Lauder, Robert Michael Merritt, Michael S. Nashner +4 more 2020-01-28 $144,266,000
10362670 Fabric signal path structures for flexible devices Benjamin A. Cousins, Kurt Stiehl, Kirk M. Mayer, Siddhartha Hegde, Melody L. Kuna 2019-07-23 $145,026,000
10340969 Magnetic related features of a cover for an electronic device Taylor H. Gilbert 2019-07-02 $114,348,000
10303209 Flexible keyboard accessory for a portable electronic device Daniel J. Coster, Sean S. Corbin, Melody L. Kuna, Siddhartha Hegde, Benjamin A. Cousins +1 more 2019-05-28 $54,822,000
10291279 Drop countermeasures for electronic device Carl R. Peterson, Justin R. Wodrich, Kevin D. Gibbs 2019-05-14 $90,532,000
10243609 Accessory device having a retaining feature James G. Griffin, II, Daniel J. Coster, Yoonhoo Jo 2019-03-26 $123,032,000
10110268 Case for an electronic device and manufacturing methods for making a case Santhana K. Balaji, Jared A. Sartee, Amy Qian, Pinida Jan Moolsintong 2018-10-23 $108,278,000
10074469 Magnetic materials polarized at an oblique angle Timothy W. Scales, Hao Zhu 2018-09-11 $138,338,000
10063269 Case for an electronic device and manufacturing methods for making a case Santhana K. Balaji, Jared A. Sartee, Amy Qian, Pinida Jan Moolsintong 2018-08-28 $75,868,000
10056205 Fabric electronic device housings Siddhartha Hegde, Benjamin A. Cousins, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Melody L. Kuna 2018-08-21 $77,719,000
10024689 Using magnets to detect a state of a cover Hao Zhu, John C. DiFonzo, Guangtao Zhang, Rizal Johari, Sean S. Corbin +1 more 2018-07-17 $111,105,000
9971379 Attachment features for an accessory device James G. Griffin, II, Daniel J. Coster 2018-05-15 $62,463,000
9954571 Cover for an electronic device Jared A. Sartee, Santhana K. Balaji 2018-04-24 $65,456,000
9946295 Flexible keyboard accessory for a portable electronic device Daniel J. Coster, Sean S. Corbin, Melody L. Kuna, Siddhartha Hegde, Benjamin A. Cousins +1 more 2018-04-17 $62,412,000
9946296 Flexible keyboard accessory for a portable electronic device Daniel J. Coster, Sean S. Corbin, Melody L. Kuna, Siddhartha Hegde, Benjamin A. Cousins +1 more 2018-04-17 $62,412,000
9929767 Drop countermeasures for electronic device Carl R. Peterson, Justin R. Wodrich, Kevin D. Gibbs 2018-03-27 $64,288,000
9883583 Fabric signal path structures for flexible devices Benjamin A. Cousins, Kurt Stiehl, Kirk M. Mayer, Siddhartha Hegde, Melody L. Kuna 2018-01-30 $84,681,000