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Sinan Filiz — 26 Patents

Apple: 25 patents #1,273 of 18,612Top 7%
San Mateo, CA: #216 of 3,727 inventorsTop 6%
California: #20,975 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Sinan Filiz has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in January 2025. Sinan Filiz ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Sinan Filiz in San Mateo, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2018.peak 92017: 7 patents20172018: 9 patents20182019: 7 patents20192020: 2 patents20202025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12210693 Mechanically sensitive power efficient stylus for an electronic device Daniel J. Bechstein, Duc T. DUONG, John Stephen Smith, Michael Vosgueritchian, Vipin Ayanoor-Vitikkate +1 more 2025-01-28
10739899 Force determination employing sheet sensor Martin P. Grunthaner, John Stephen Smith, Charley T. Ogata, Christian M. Sauer, Shin John Choi +2 more 2020-08-11 $147,060,000
10635217 Ultrasound-based force sensing of inputs Brian Q. Huppi, Martin P. Grunthaner, John Greer Elias, Steven P. Hotelling 2020-04-28 $120,851,000
10496212 Force sensing of inputs through strain analysis Storrs T. Hoen, Kristina A. Babiarz, Miguel C. Christophy, Romain A. Teil, Vivek Katiyar 2019-12-03 $109,496,000
10466829 Temperature compensating sensor having a compliant layer separating independent force sensing substrates and sense circuitry to obtain a relative measure between the force sensing substrates James E. Pedder, Charley T. Ogata, John Stephen Smith, Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, Shin John Choi +3 more 2019-11-05 $118,994,000
10423265 Temperature compensating force sensor James E. Pedder, Charley T. Ogata, John Stephen Smith, Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, Shin John Choi +3 more 2019-09-24 $183,092,000
10379657 Force determination employing sheet sensor and capacitive array Martin P. Grunthaner, John Stephen Smith, Charley T. Ogata, Christian M. Sauer, Shin John Choi +2 more 2019-08-13 $108,006,000
10353506 Dual resistive strain and pressure sensor for force touch Michael Vosgueritchian, James E. Pedder, John Stephen Smith, Saahil Mehra, Xiaofan Niu 2019-07-16 $90,112,000
10275068 Force sensing of inputs through strain analysis Storrs T. Hoen, Kristina A. Babiarz, Miguel C. Christophy, Romain A. Teil, Vivek Katiyar 2019-04-30 $88,584,000
10209830 Electronic device having direction-dependent strain elements James E. Pedder, John Stephen Smith, Michael Vosgueritchian, Vikram Garg, Miguel C. Christophy 2019-02-19 $85,603,000
10139294 Strain sensors in an electronic device Michael Vosgueritchian, John Stephen Smith, James E. Pedder, Tingjun Xu, Xiaonan Wen 2018-11-27 $118,719,000
10139959 Self-calibration of force sensors and inertial compensation Christopher J. Butler, Martin P. Grunthaner, Peter W. Richards, Romain A. Teil 2018-11-27 $118,719,000
10120478 Piezo based force sensing Brian Q. Huppi, Christopher J. Butler, Martin P. Grunthaner, Shahrooz Shahparnia, Sunggu Kang +1 more 2018-11-06 $86,987,000
10048789 Force determination employing sheet sensor and capacitive array Martin P. Grunthaner, John Stephen Smith, Charley T. Ogata, Christian M. Sauer, Shin John Choi +2 more 2018-08-14 $85,234,000
10013118 Ultrasound-based force sensing and touch sensing Brian Q. Huppi, Martin P. Grunthaner, John Greer Elias, Steven P. Hotelling 2018-07-03 $126,433,000
10006820 Magnetic interference avoidance in resistive sensors Michael Vosgueritchian, John Stephen Smith, Anshuman Bhuyan, James E. Pedder, Vikram Garg 2018-06-26 $83,410,000
9983715 Force detection in touch devices using piezoelectric sensors Brian Q. Huppi, Kai Wang, Peter W. Richards, Vikram Garg 2018-05-29 $91,243,000
9952703 Force sensing of inputs through strain analysis Storrs T. Hoen, Kristina A. Babiarz, Miguel C. Christophy, Romain A. Teil, Vivek Katiyar 2018-04-24 $65,456,000
9891738 Ultrasound-based force sensing of inputs Brian Q. Huppi, Martin P. Grunthaner, John Greer Elias, Steven P. Hotelling 2018-02-13 $82,592,000
9851828 Touch force deflection sensor Peter W. Richards 2017-12-26 $58,651,000
9772721 Ultrasound-based force sensing and touch sensing Brian Q. Huppi, Martin P. Grunthaner, John Greer Elias, Steven P. Hotelling 2017-09-26 $86,247,000
9690413 Temperature compensating transparent force sensor having a compliant layer James E. Pedder, Charley T. Ogata, John Stephen Smith, Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, Shin John Choi +3 more 2017-06-27 $77,923,000
9680975 Electronic device with reworkable midplate attachment structures Richard M. Comer, Romain A. Teil, Sawyer I. Cohen, Steven J. Martisauskas 2017-06-13 $53,900,000
9665200 Temperature compensating transparent force sensor James E. Pedder, Charley T. Ogata, John Stephen Smith, Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, Shin John Choi +3 more 2017-05-30 $83,886,000
9612170 Transparent strain sensors in an electronic device Michael Vosgueritchian, John Stephen Smith, James E. Pedder, Tingjun Xu, Xiaonan Wen 2017-04-04 $87,907,000