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David Sparks — 21 Patents

Google: 18 patents #1,173 of 22,993Top 6%
NASA: 3 patents #644 of 3,881Top 20%
Cupertino, CA: #794 of 6,989 inventorsTop 15%
California: #27,449 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
David Sparks has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in September 2019. David Sparks ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list David Sparks in Cupertino, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2015.peak 42000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents20012012: 1 patents20122013: 3 patents20132014: 1 patents20142015: 4 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 3 patents20172018: 2 patents20182019: 3 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10417992 On-head detection with touch sensing and eye sensing Hayes Solos Raffle, Bo Wu 2019-09-17 $38,215,000
10356505 Adjust transmit power based on touch detection Laura Rabb 2019-07-16 $32,684,000
10200774 Sensor cord construction to prevent capacitance variation Yao Ding, Jianyi Liu, Yuxin Yang, Nidhi Rathi, Chi Kin Benjamin Leung 2019-02-05 $25,350,000
10133358 Fitting detection for a bone conduction transducer (BCT) using an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor Zhe Chen 2018-11-20 $24,551,000
9972277 On-head detection with touch sensing and eye sensing Hayes Solos Raffle, Bo Wu 2018-05-15 $21,277,000
9746915 Methods and systems for calibrating a device Hayes Solos Raffle, Thad Eugene Starner, Mat Balez, Michael Patrick Johnson, Yong Zhao +2 more 2017-08-29 $14,064,000
9664902 On-head detection for wearable computing device Hayes Solos Raffle, Bo Wu 2017-05-30 $12,730,000
9565240 Media file access 2017-02-07 $14,197,000
9239626 Input system Bo Wu, Michael Patrick Johnson 2016-01-19 $28,546,000
9171198 Image capture technique Hayes Solos Raffle, Sergey Brin, Bo Wu, Michael Patrick Johnson 2015-10-27 $20,917,000
9164588 Wearable computing device with gesture recognition Michael Patrick Johnson, Mat Balez, Thad Eugene Starner 2015-10-20 $16,016,000
9128522 Wink gesture input for a head-mountable device Hayes Solos Raffle, Michael Patrick Johnson, Bo Wu 2015-09-08 $18,899,000
9128961 Loading a mobile computing device with media files 2015-09-08 $18,899,000
8725841 Providing different versions of a media file 2014-05-13 $16,719,000
8375106 Loading a mobile computing device with media files 2013-02-12 $29,909,000
8370314 Replacing a master media file Marco Nelissen 2013-02-05 $34,319,000
8352576 Media file access 2013-01-08 $35,130,000
8335774 Replacing a master media file Marco Nelissen 2012-12-18 $53,404,000
6330792 Rocket engine thrust chamber assembly Charles S. Cornelius, Richard H. Counts, W. Neill Myers, Jeffrey D. Lackey, Warren Peters +2 more 2001-12-18
6195984 Rocket engine thrust chamber assembly Charles S. Cornelius, Richard H. Counts, W. Neill Myers, Jeffrey D. Lackey, Warren Peters +2 more 2001-03-06
6116020 Injector for liquid fueled rocket engine Charles S. Cornelius, W. Neill Myers, Michael D. Shadoan 2000-09-12