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Xiangli Li — 45 Patents

Apple: 22 patents #1,475 of 18,612Top 8%
AIAptina Imaging: 11 patents #17 of 332Top 6%
Micron: 5 patents #2,472 of 6,374Top 40%
ONonsemi: 4 patents #398 of 1,901Top 25%
DTDalian University Of Technology: 2 patents #242 of 1,277Top 20%
PUPeking University: 1 patents #279 of 875Top 35%
Huawei: 1 patents #8,318 of 15,535Top 55%
Palo Alto, CA: #418 of 9,675 inventorsTop 5%
California: #9,570 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
Xiangli Li has been granted 45 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in April 2025. Xiangli Li ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Xiangli Li in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2017.peak 72008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 2 patents2013: 4 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 5 patents20152016: 5 patents2017: 7 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 3 patents20232024: 3 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12274099 Dual embedded storage nodes and vertical transfer gates for pixels of global shutter image sensors Dajiang Yang, Hong-Wei Lee, Xiaofeng Fan, Oray Orkun Cellek, Kai Shen 2025-04-08
12219226 Shared aperture imaging system for acquiring visible and infrared images Aditya Rayankula 2025-02-04
12185018 Stacked electromagnetic radiation sensors for visible image sensing and infrared depth sensing, or for visible image sensing and infrared image sensing Gennadiy Agranov, Zachary M. Beiley, Andras Pattantyus-Abraham, Oray Orkun Cellek, Xiaofeng Fan +4 more 2024-12-31 $239,269,000
12069384 Image capture devices having phase detection auto-focus pixels Gilad Michael, Lilong Shi 2024-08-20 $206,773,000
11997736 Connection establishment method and terminal device Hao Wang, Songping Yao, Chenren Xu, Fanzhao Wang, Xingmin Guo +1 more 2024-05-28
11821637 Energy-saving system using electric heat pump to deeply recover flue gas waste heat from heat power plant for district heating Haichao Wang, Xiaozhou Wu, Ruoyu Zhang, Lin Duanmu 2023-11-21
11584762 Near-infrared fluorescent indicators for lysosome and application thereof Xinfu ZHANG, Yi Xiao 2023-02-21
11563910 Image capture devices having phase detection auto-focus pixels 2023-01-24 $273,522,000
11239267 Hybrid image sensors with improved charge injection efficiency Gennadiy Agranov, Oray Orkun Cellek, Qingfei Chen 2022-02-01 $281,904,000
10943935 Methods for transferring charge in an image sensor Xiaofeng Fan, Chung Chun Wan 2021-03-09 $320,530,000
10848693 Image flare detection using asymmetric pixels Gennadiy Agranov, Gershon Rosenblum 2020-11-24 $169,360,000
10609348 Pixel binning in an image sensor Gennadiy Agranov, Claus Molgaard, Ashirwad Bahukhandi, Chiajen Lee 2020-03-31 $77,902,000
10440301 Image capture device, pixel, and method providing improved phase detection auto-focus performance Manoj C. Patel 2019-10-08 $92,329,000
10284769 Image sensor with in-pixel depth sensing Terry L. Gilton 2019-05-07 $85,582,000
10192911 Hybrid image sensors with improved charge injection efficiency Gennadiy Agranov, Qingfei Chen, Oray Orkun Cellek 2019-01-29 $91,346,000
9979915 Pixel array with shared pixels in a single column and associated devices, systems, and methods Zhiping Yin, Xiaofeng Fan 2018-05-22 $55,392,000
9842875 Image sensor with buried light shield and vertical gate Xiaofeng Fan, Philip Hsin-hua Li, Chung Chun Wan, Anup K. Sharma 2017-12-12 $79,339,000
9756269 Pixel array with shared pixels in a single column and associated devices, systems, and methods Zhiping Yin, Xiaofeng Fan 2017-09-05 $14,445,000
9749521 Image sensor with in-pixel depth sensing Terry L. Gilton 2017-08-29 $75,964,000
9741754 Charge transfer circuit with storage nodes in image sensors Xiaofeng Fan, Chung Chun Wan 2017-08-22 $68,357,000
9686485 Pixel binning in an image sensor Gennadiy Agranov, Claus Molgaard, Ashirwad Bahukhandi, Chiajen Lee 2017-06-20 $70,324,000
9595560 Pumped pinned photodiode pixel array Chung Chun Wan 2017-03-14 $13,763,000
9584743 Image sensor with auto-focus and pixel cross-talk compensation Sheng Lin, Suppawan Kleekajai 2017-02-28 $61,357,000
9497397 Image sensor with auto-focus and color ratio cross-talk comparison Suppawan Kleekajai 2016-11-15 $67,478,000
9451152 Image sensor with in-pixel depth sensing Terry L. Gilton 2016-09-20 $55,056,000