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Trevor J. Ness — 61 Patents

Apple: 60 patents #434 of 18,612Top 3%
Santa Cruz, CA: #41 of 1,911 inventorsTop 3%
California: #5,709 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #37,626 of 4,157,543Top 1%
61 Patents All Time
Trevor J. Ness has been granted 61 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in September 2025. Trevor J. Ness ranks #37,626 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.91%). Patent records list Trevor J. Ness in Santa Cruz, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 2019.peak 122015: 1 patents20152016: 3 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 5 patents2019: 12 patents20192020: 10 patents2021: 5 patents20212022: 4 patents2023: 6 patents20232024: 9 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 61 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12422683 Active cooling for head-mounted display David J. Dunsmoor, Jason C. Sauers, Sivesh Selvakumar 2025-09-23
12379595 Head mountable display Jeffrey C. Olson, Timothy Y. Chang, Divakar Singamsetty, Yami George, Anthony S. Montevirgen +16 more 2025-08-05
12242064 Head-mounted display with low light operation Killian J. Poore, Stephen E. Dey, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2025-03-04
12181927 Electronic device having sealed button biometric sensing system Tyler S. Bushnell, James G. Horiuchi, Michael K. McCord 2024-12-31 $239,269,000
12175855 Connectible component identification Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2024-12-24 $240,476,000
12169283 Head mountable display Jeremy C. Franklin, Jason C. Sauers, Marinus Meursing 2024-12-17 $588,520,000
12130672 Modular button assembly for an electronic device Tyler S. Bushnell, Colin M. Ely, Erik G. de Jong, James G. Horiuchi, Steven P. Cardinali 2024-10-29 $278,906,000
12099331 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2024-09-24 $301,193,000
D1043666 Housing for an electronic device Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou +31 more 2024-09-24
12019248 Adjustable head securement for head-mountable device Dustin A. Hatfield, Geng Luo, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Julian Jaede, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk +1 more 2024-06-25 $209,077,000
11986318 Portable electronic device as health companion Steven P. Cardinali, William C. Lukens, Katherine E. Tong 2024-05-21 $215,899,000
11886650 Stylus-based input system for a head-mounted device Killian J. Poore, Stephen E. Dey 2024-01-30 $160,707,000
11797057 Electronic device having sealed button biometric sensing system Tyler S. Bushnell, James G. Horiuchi, Michael K. McCord 2023-10-24 $205,836,000
11768518 Head securement for head-mountable device Yoonhoo Jo, Paul X. Wang, Heidi Williamson 2023-09-26 $265,224,000
11740316 Head-mountable device with indicators Killian J. Poore, Stephen E. Dey 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
11740591 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2023-08-29 $179,387,000
11733529 Load-distributing headband for head-mounted device Andrew Gallaher, Samuel G. Smith 2023-08-22 $159,607,000
11733518 Head-mounted display with low light operation Killian J. Poore, Stephen E. Dey, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2023-08-22 $159,607,000
11379011 Electronic device having sealed button biometric sensing system Tyler S. Bushnell, James G. Horiuchi, Michael K. McCord 2022-07-05 $213,612,000
11334032 Electronic watch with barometric vent Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang +5 more 2022-05-17 $199,476,000
D947839 Housing for an electronic device Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou +31 more 2022-04-05
11218824 Cooling and noise control for head-mounted device Edward S. Huo, Sivesh Selvakumar, Anna V. Mirabella, Phil M. Hobson 2022-01-04 $360,778,000
11196148 Electronic device antennas Rex T. Ehman, Jayesh Nath, Carlo Di Nallo, James G. Horiuchi, Erik G. de Jong +10 more 2021-12-07 $375,732,000
11150474 Adjustable electronic device system with facial mapping Jeremy C. Franklin 2021-10-19 $254,245,000
11107334 Connectible component identification Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf 2021-08-31 $281,034,000