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Yanfeng Chen — 22 Patents

Apple: 8 patents #3,866 of 18,612Top 25%
W(Western Digital (Fremont): 4 patents #153 of 473Top 35%
NUNanjing University: 4 patents #58 of 887Top 7%
BCBeijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co.: 2 patents #457 of 1,823Top 30%
DCDelta Electronics (Shanghai) Co.: 1 patents #305 of 555Top 55%
GRGeorgia Tech Research: 1 patents #1,150 of 2,755Top 45%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Yanfeng Chen has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in June 2025. Yanfeng Chen ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Yanfeng Chen in Chafang, CA, CN.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12334703 Method and laser for breaking limitation of fluorescence spectrum on laser wavelength Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, Fei Liang, Cheng He 2025-06-17
D1079658 Data cable Huazhong Liu, Huibin Chen 2025-06-17
11334572 Method and device for displaying query results based on deep question and answer 2022-05-17 $63,978,000
11266010 Multi-layer thin-film coatings for system-in-package assemblies in portable electronic devices Shankar S. Pennathur 2022-03-01 $259,568,000
10966321 System-in-package including opposing circuit boards Shankar S. Pennathur, Mandar Painaik, Lan H. Hoang, Meng Chi Lee 2021-03-30 $205,550,000
10726057 Method and device for clarifying questions on deep question and answer 2020-07-28 $35,852,000
10709018 System-in-package including opposing circuit boards Shankar S. Pennathur, Mandar Painaik, Lan H. Hoang, Meng Chi Lee 2020-07-07 $144,181,000
10356903 System-in-package including opposing circuit boards Shankar S. Pennathur, Mandar Painaik, Lan H. Hoang, Meng Chi Lee 2019-07-16 $90,112,000
10147685 System-in-package devices with magnetic shielding Phillip R. Sommer, Shankar S. Pennathur, Meng Chi Lee, Shakti Singh Chauhan 2018-12-04 $82,334,000
9949359 Multi-layer thin-film coatings for system-in-package assemblies in portable electronic devices Shankar S. Pennathur 2018-04-17 $62,412,000
9913412 Shielding structures for system-in-package assemblies in portable electronic devices Shankar S. Pennathur 2018-03-06 $85,102,000
9899661 Method to improve LiCoO2 morphology in thin film batteries Lili Huang, Richard M. Mank 2018-02-20 $98,367,000
9676123 Flexible nanoimprint mold, method for fabricating the same, and mold usage on planar and curved substrate Haixiong Ge, Zhiwei Li, Changsheng Yuan, Minghui Lu 2017-06-13
9627959 Switch power converter and frequency response characteristic testing and adjusting method thereof Chao Yan, Zhihui Ding 2017-04-18
9316903 Flexible nanoimprint mold, method for fabricating the same, and mold usage on planar and curved substrate Haixiong Ge, Zhiwei Li, Changsheng Yuan, Minghui Lu 2016-04-19
9018100 Damascene process using PVD sputter carbon film as CMP stop layer for forming a magnetic recording head Yunjun Tang, Yana Qian, Ming M. Yang, Yunfei Li, Paul E. Anderson 2015-04-28 $16,078,000
8871048 Flexible nanoimprint mold, method for fabricating the same, and mold usage on planar and curved substrate Haixiong Ge, Zhiwei Li, Changsheng Yuan, Minghui Lu 2014-10-28
8846534 Process for CMP with large feature size variation Yunfei Li, Ge Yi, Dujiang Wan, Guanghong Luo, Lijie Zhao +2 more 2014-09-30 $27,428,000
8721902 Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a heat sink and NFT Zhongyan Wang, Wei-Xin Gao, Shawn M. Tanner, Mirzafer Abatchev, Yufeng Hu 2014-05-13 $15,193,000
8526275 Systems and methods for dissipating heat from a near-field transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording assembly Hongxing Yuan, Zhongyan Wang, Wentao Yan, Matthew R. Gibbons, Zhong Shi 2013-09-03 $25,708,000
8137736 Fabrication method for hollow microneedles for drug delivery Mingwei Zhu, Zhenlin Wang, Yanqing Lu, Haixiong Ge, Yuefeng Tang 2012-03-20
7880139 Method and apparatus of uniform gas-phase molecular matrix deposition for imaging mass spectrometry M. Cameron Sullards, Thomas Michael Orlando, Joseph A. Hankin, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Robert M. Barkley 2011-02-01