55 patent(s) in this week's alert:
Assignee Summary:| Patents | Owner |
| 55 | Apple |
| Patents | Class Code |
| 17 | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] |
| 9 | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] |
| 7 | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] |
| 6 | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] |
| 3 | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] |
| 2 | G06V [IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING...] |
| 2 | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] |
| 2 | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] |
| 1 | B32B [LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF F...] |
| 1 | G01C [MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAV...] |
| 1 | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...] |
| 1 | H01L [SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT...] |
| 1 | H02M [APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC ...] |
| 1 | H04R [LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ...] |
| 1 | H04M [TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling othe...] |
Details on individual patents:
| #12447714 | Electronic devices with light-emitting fabrics |
| Applied: | 11/02/2023, #18/500961 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [719 days App to Issue] Normal range: (709 to 1997) |
| Pat Class: | B32B [LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF F...] In this class there are; 35154 patents, 2856 companies, and 24142 inventors in 239 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (5 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Yi Zou (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A head-mounted device may include a housing with a display that displays images that are viewable from an eye box. A light seal may be coupled the housing and may block outside light from reaching the eye box. The light seal may include a light-emitting fabric. The light-emitting fabric may include light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes and/or light guides that produce visual output on the light seal and/or on other portions of the head-mounted device. The visual output may be coordinated with images on the display. Light guides may have light-scattering structures that allow light to escape from the light guides and thereby form illuminated regions on the light-emitting fabric. The light-scattering structures may be aligned with openings in the fabric. Light-emitting diodes may be mounted to the fabric or may emit light through openings in the fabric. |
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| #12449260 | Relative inertial measurement system with visual correction |
| Applied: | 05/22/2023, #18/321126 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [883 days App to Issue] Normal range: (564 to 1644) |
| Pat Class: | G01C [MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAV...] In this class there are; 21891 patents, 1962 companies, and 22378 inventors in 204 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Arthur Y. Zhang (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Methods and systems for relative inertial measurement may include a user device comprising an inertial measurement device and/or a camera. A second inertial measurement device may be configured to move with a reference frame. One or more processors may receive inertial measurements from the first and second inertial measurement devices and determine movement of the user device relative to the reference frame by comparing the received inertial measurements. Additionally reference objects in a view of a camera may be used to calibrate the determined motion of the user device within the reference frame. |
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| #12449614 | Optical systems with one dimensional eye tracking |
| Applied: | 11/30/2023, #18/525306 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [691 days App to Issue] Normal range: (492 to 1446) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 80417 patents, 3839 companies, and 44589 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Itai Afek (Ramat Gan, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A display may use a waveguide to provide image light to an eye box. An emitter may emit infrared light collimated at different angles relative to a collimated axis and divergent along an orthogonal axis. The waveguide may propagate the infrared light and may include overlapping one-dimensional diffractive gratings with parallel periodic structures. Each grating may diffract, towards the eye box, a respective portion of the infrared light from a respective incident angle onto a respective output angle relative to the collimated axis. A camera may capture glints of the infrared light as reflected off a user''s eye at the eye box for performing gaze tracking. The emitter and the gratings may effectively form a one-dimensional line of infrared emitters overlapping the eye box while allowing the optical emitter to remain invisible to a user. |
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| #12449673 | Ball bearing sensor shift camera with flexure |
| Applied: | 09/29/2023, #18/478041 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [753 days App to Issue] Normal range: (492 to 1446) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 80417 patents, 3839 companies, and 44589 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Ya-Wen Hsu (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various embodiments include a camera having a ball bearing voice coil motor (VCM) actuator for moving a carrier (and image sensor) and a flexure to supply a drive current to the ball bearing VCM actuator, allowing motion of the carrier relative to a stationary structure of the camera while maintaining an electrical connection. In embodiments, the camera may include a shield can coupled to a lens barrel (e.g., forming a seal to block particles and/or light), and the carrier is coupled with the image sensor. The ball bearing VCM actuator may include a coil coupled with the carrier, a magnet coupled with the shield can, and a ball bearing suspension arrangement to suspend the carrier from the shield can. |
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| #12449841 | Devices with detachable headbands |
| Applied: | 07/21/2022, #17/870647 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1188 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 14; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Toria F. Yan (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=3, M=12 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing containing rear-facing displays that display images for a user when the head-mounted housing is worn by the user. The head-mounted device housing may have housing structures such as elongated housing members with protruding posts. A headband may be removably coupled to the head-mounted device housing. The headband may have a strap with openings configured to receive the posts. Releasable latches may be provided to allow selective engagement and disengagement between the headband and the housing. The latches may contain movable latch members that are biased using magnetic biasing mechanisms, spring-based biasing mechanisms, or other biasing mechanisms. To release each latch, a tab, button, toggle lever, slider, or other release mechanisms may be actuated by a user. This moves the movable latch member from a closed latch position to an open latch position that releases the headband from the housing. |
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| #12449862 | Electronic device having finger recess antenna |
| Applied: | 09/27/2023, #18/476220 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [755 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Michael J Williams (Campbell, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=7 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device such as a laptop computer may have an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing may be coupled to the lower housing by a hinge. The upper housing may be rotatable relative to the lower housing between an open position and a closed position. The lower housing may have an upper metal wall, a lower metal wall, and a metal sidewall that couples the lower metal wall to the upper metal wall. The lower metal housing may have a finger scoop in the metal sidewall. The finger scoop may have a surface that is oriented at a non-parallel and non-perpendicular angle to a lateral surface of the upper housing when the upper housing is in the closed position. The device may have an antenna with a radiating slot in the surface of the finger scoop. |
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| #12449872 | Network fabric power management |
| Applied: | 08/31/2023, #18/459250 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [782 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Srikanth Balasubramanian (Los Altos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An apparatus includes a system-on-chip that includes a plurality of agents configured to generate data transactions, a communication network configured to transfer transactions between two or more of the agents, a plurality of network switches, and a bandwidth regulation circuit. The network switching circuits may be coupled to the agents and to the network. One of the network switches may be configured to estimate a bandwidth need for transactions to be sent via the network switch in an upcoming window. The bandwidth regulation circuit may be configured to moderate power consumption of the network by determining a bandwidth budget using a network power budget for the upcoming time window, and determining a global bandwidth forecast using estimated bandwidth needs received from the network switches. The bandwidth regulation circuit may also be configured to allocate, using the global bandwidth forecast, the bandwidth budget among the network switches. |
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| #12449897 | Eye tracking system |
| Applied: | 10/24/2023, #18/493482 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [728 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki (Los Altos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=3, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An eye tracking system for detecting position and movements of a user''s eyes in a head-mounted display (HMD). The eye tracking system includes at least one eye tracking camera, an illumination source that emits infrared light towards the user''s eyes, and diffraction gratings located at the eyepieces. The diffraction gratings redirect or reflect at least a portion of infrared light reflected off the user''s eyes, while allowing visible light to pass. The cameras capture images of the user''s eyes from the infrared light that is redirected or reflected by the diffraction gratings. |
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| #12449907 | Navigating user interfaces using a cursor |
| Applied: | 05/18/2022, #17/747613 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1252 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 57; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Tu K. Nguyen (Fountain Valley, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=4, M=9 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure generally relates to navigating user interfaces using a cursor. |
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| #12449913 | Single photon avalanche diodes for rotational and translational input detection |
| Applied: | 09/21/2024, #18/892374 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [395 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Mieczyslaw M Dabrowski (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An input component for an electronic device configured to detect rotational and/or translational movement of a surface. In an implementation, the input component includes a movable input member with a shaft with a pattern disposed on its surface. A light-emitting element is positioned to direct light towards this pattern, a portion of which is thereafter reflected back. An imaging system is situated to capture the reflected light. The imaging system includes an array of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) operating in Geiger mode. This array is coupled with a counter circuit, which increments one or more values based on the SPAD array output. These values and corresponding SPAD locations within the array can be correlated to the spatial phase of the reflected light, which in turn can be converted to rotational or axial displacement of the movable input member. |
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| #12449940 | Photo-sensing enabled display for stylus detection |
| Applied: | 09/06/2023, #18/462330 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [776 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An optical stylus system including an optical stylus and optical sensing system that are together operative to determine one or more of the target or touch location, centroid, hover distance, tilt angle, azimuth, and in some instances the orientation and rotation of the stylus is disclosed. In some examples, light illuminator and detector angular filters are employed to limit the illumination and detection angles of light to minimize false object detection. In other examples, the stylus is a passive stylus with a surface that reflects light with a consistent angular reflection profile or reflected light pattern regardless of stylus tilt. In still other examples, the stylus can detect light at different modulation frequencies emitted from an array of light emitters in the optical sensing system, or the stylus can emit light and detect reflected light with different spectral distributions across the optical sensing system to determine stylus location. |
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| #12449946 | Methods for displaying user interface elements relative to media content |
| Applied: | 01/10/2023, #18/152656 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1015 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 33; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Wesley M. Holder (Union City, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some embodiments, a computer system displays a caption for a media item at different depths depending on the depth of the portion of the media item over which the caption is displayed. In some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface element that includes information associated with the media item at different locations relative to the media item depending on attention of the user. In some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface element that includes information associated with the media item with different visual appearances depending on visual characteristics of the portion of the media item over which the user interface element is displayed. |
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| #12449947 | Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for processing inputs to a three-dimensional environment |
| Applied: | 07/25/2023, #18/226200 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [819 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 33; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Mark A. Ebbole (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | While a view of an environment is visible via a display generation component of a computer system, the computer system detects a gaze input directed to a first location, corresponding to a first user interface element, in the environment. In response to detecting the gaze input: if a user''s hand is in a predefined configuration during the gaze input, the computer system: provides, to the first user interface element, information about the gaze input; and then, in response to detecting the gaze input moving to a different, second location in the environment while the user''s hand is maintained in the predefined configuration, provides, to a second user interface element that corresponds to the second location, information about the gaze input. If the user''s hand is not in the predefined configuration during the gaze input, the computer system forgoes providing, to the first user interface element, information about the gaze input. |
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| #12449948 | Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interacting with window controls in three-dimensional environments |
| Applied: | 09/21/2023, #18/371378 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [761 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 39; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Benjamin Hylak (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=6 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A computer system displays a first application user interface at a first location in a three-dimensional environment. While displaying the first application user interface at the first location in the three-dimensional environment, the computer system detects, at a first time, a first input corresponding to a request to close the first application user interface. In response to detecting the first input corresponding to a request to close the first application user interface: the computer system closes the first application user interface, including ceasing to display the first application user interface in the three-dimensional environment; and, in accordance with a determination that respective criteria are met, the computer system displays a home menu user interface at a respective home menu position that is determined based on the first location of the first application user interface in the three-dimensional environment. |
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| #12449951 | Structured suggestions |
| Applied: | 08/05/2020, #16/985481 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1903 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Daniel C. Gross (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device suggests contacts and calendar events for users based on their messages. The device can analyze a user''s messages for contact and event information and automatically generate or update suggested contacts and calendar events for the user based on this information. The suggested contacts and calendar events can be searchable as if they were manually entered by the user, and the user can choose to add or ignore the suggested contacts and calendar events. |
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| #12449961 | Adaptive video conference user interfaces |
| Applied: | 05/16/2022, #17/745680 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1254 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 63; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Jae Woo Chang (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing video conference sessions. In some embodiments, a video conference interface updates when participants join and/or leave the video conference session. In some embodiments, a video conference interface includes a representation of content being shared in the video conference session. |
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| #12450068 | Biased conditional instruction prediction |
| Applied: | 07/25/2023, #18/358890 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [819 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Deepankar Duggal (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A processor may include a conditional instruction prediction tracking circuit. During fetch of a conditional instruction from memory to an instruction cache of the processor, the conditional instruction prediction tracking circuit may predict whether the conditional instruction is biased. Responsive to a prediction that the conditional instruction is biased, the conditional instruction prediction tracking circuit may cause the conditional instruction to be executed according to the predicted bias. Sometimes the conditional prediction tracking circuit may cause the conditional instruction to be re-coded such that it may be executed as an unconditional instruction. |
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| #12450142 | Smart advice to charge notification |
| Applied: | 02/28/2024, #18/590290 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [601 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 25; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Cyril De La Cropte De Chanterac (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems and methods are disclosed for advising a user when an energy storage device in a computing system needs charging. State of charge data of the energy storage device can be measured and stored at regular intervals. The historic state of charge data can be queried over a plurality of intervals and a state of charge curve generated that is representative of a user''s charging habits over time. The state of charge curve can be used to generate a rate of charge histogram and an acceleration of charge histogram. These can be used to predict when a user will charge next, and whether the energy storage device will have an amount of energy below a predetermined threshold amount before the next predicted charging time. A first device can determine when a second device typically charges and whether the energy storage device in the second device will have an amount of energy below the predetermined threshold amount before the next predicted charge time for the second device. The first device can generate an advice to charge notification to the user on either, or both, devices. |
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| #12450380 | File system metadata protection |
| Applied: | 09/25/2023, #18/474146 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [757 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Eric B. Tamura (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques are disclosed relating to securely storing file system metadata in a computing device. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a processor, memory, and a secure circuit. The memory has a file system stored therein that includes metadata for accessing a plurality of files in the memory. The metadata is encrypted with a metadata encryption key that is stored in an encrypted form. The secure circuit is configured to receive a request from the processor to access the file system. In response to the request, the secure circuit is configured to decrypt the encrypted form of the metadata encryption key. In some embodiments, the computing device includes a memory controller configured to receive the metadata encryption key from the secure circuit, retrieve the encrypted metadata from the memory, and decrypt the encrypted metadata prior to providing the metadata to the processor. |
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| #12450418 | Semiconductor layout in FinFET technologies |
| Applied: | 06/20/2023, #18/337781 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [854 days App to Issue] Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Farzan Farbiz (Mountain View, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems, apparatuses, and methods for placing cells in an integrated circuit are described. In various embodiments, an integrated circuit is divided into many partitions. In a first set of partitions susceptible to transistor latch-up, the many transistor gate stripes are connected to one of the power rails rather than left floating. The lengths of the transistor gate stripes are shortened for well tap cells in the first partition, but increased in a second partition susceptible for poor signal integrity. One or more implant layers are formed underneath the transistor gate stripes in each of the first and second partitions to adjust an amount of protection against transistor latch-up and poor signal integrity. An electrostatic discharge transistor is included with at least one source region of multiple source regions formed in a well with a same doping polarity as the at least one source region. |
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| #12450605 | Managing information on a computer system |
| Applied: | 08/13/2024, #18/803035 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [434 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (547 to 1853) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 647106 patents, 20670 companies, and 406408 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 36; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Thomas J. Miller (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Methods and user interfaces for managing information on computer systems, including, in some embodiments, for managing display of user interface elements based on movement of the computer system, for requesting account information if an account is available, for provisioning an account onto a computer system if provisioning criteria are met, for associating a transfer amount with an account for use with selected transaction types, for displaying user interface elements corresponding to transaction types, for displaying user interface elements based on a quantity of transfer obligations, for entering a numeric digits of a numeric sequence based on a quantity of gestures, and/or for locking a computer system while entering a number sequence. |
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| #12450686 | Methods and devices for improved inverse iterative warping |
| Applied: | 05/14/2024, #18/664159 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [525 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1513) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 51928 patents, 6311 companies, and 85330 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining a reference image and forward flow information; identifying a neighborhood of pixels corresponding to a pixel within a target image based on the forward flow information; in accordance with a determination that a characterization vector for the neighborhood of pixels satisfies a background condition, generating a warp result for the pixel based on a first warp type; in accordance with a determination that the characterization vector satisfies a foreground condition, generating the warp result for the pixel based on a second warp type; and in accordance with a determination that the characterization vector does not satisfy the foreground or background conditions, generating the warp result for the pixel based on a third warp type; and populating pixel information for the pixel within the target image based on pixel information for a reference pixel within the reference image that corresponds to the warp result. |
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| #12450691 | Neural network-based image processing with artifact compensation |
| Applied: | 02/01/2024, #18/430431 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [628 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1513) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 51928 patents, 6311 companies, and 85330 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Jim C. Chou (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Methods and systems include neural network-based image processing and blending circuitry to blend an output of the neural network to compensate for potential artifacts from the neural network-based image processing. The neural network(s) apply image processing to image data using one or more neural networks as processed data. Enhance circuitry enhances the image data in a scaling circuitry to generate enhanced data. Blending circuitry receives the processed image data and the enhanced data along with an image plane of the processed data. The blending circuitry also determines whether the image processing using the one or more neural networks has applied a change to the image data greater than a threshold amount. The blending circuitry then, based at least in part in response to the change being greater than the threshold amount and/or edge information of the image data, blends the processed data with the enhanced data. |
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| #12450811 | Emoji recording and sending |
| Applied: | 06/07/2024, #18/737710 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [501 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1513) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 51928 patents, 6311 companies, and 85330 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 42; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Guillaume Pierre Andr Barlier (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=10 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure generally relates to generating and modifying virtual avatars. An electronic device having a camera and a display apparatus displays a virtual avatar that changes appearance in response to changes in a face in a field of view of the camera. In response to detecting changes in one or more physical features of the face in the field of view of the camera, the electronic device modifies one or more features of the virtual avatar. |
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| #12450839 | Modifying visual content based on user position |
| Applied: | 10/26/2022, #17/973634 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1091 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1513) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 51928 patents, 6311 companies, and 85330 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Payal Jotwani (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=0 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for warping visual content based on a current trajectory of a user relative in a physical environment. In some implementations, a device includes a display, an environmental sensor, one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining visual content corresponding to a graphical environment that is different from a physical environment of the device. In some implementations, the method includes detecting, via the environmental sensor, a current trajectory of the user in the physical environment. In some implementations, the method includes generating warped visual content by warping the visual content in response to an indication that the current trajectory of the user intersects with a physical object in the physical environment. In some implementations, the method includes displaying the warped visual content on the display. |
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| #12450843 | Configurable extremity visibility |
| Applied: | 10/19/2023, #18/382045 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [733 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1513) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 51928 patents, 6311 companies, and 85330 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Peter L. Hajas (Lafayette, CO) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=7 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A device may include a processor configured to receive, by a system process and from an application process, a visibility preference for an object type and segment one or more physical objects associated with the object type from an image of a physical environment. The processor is also configured to determine, by the system process, whether to display the one or more segmented physical objects based at least in part on the visibility preference. In response to a determination display the one or more segmented physical objects, the processor is configured to display at least a portion of the image corresponding to the one or more segmented physical objects. In response to a determination not to display the one or more segmented physical objects, the processor is configured to forgo displaying that at least a portion of the image corresponding to the one or more segmented physical objects. |
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| #12450854 | User interfaces for capturing media and manipulating virtual objects |
| Applied: | 09/19/2023, #18/370363 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [763 days App to Issue] Normal range: (493 to 1513) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 51928 patents, 6311 companies, and 85330 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 48; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Anna L. Brewer (Santa Barbara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Electronic devices provide extended reality experiences. In some embodiments, a media capture user interface is displayed, including a capture guide. In some embodiments, gaze information is used for targeting. In some embodiments, a virtual object is manipulated. |
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| #12450893 | Object detection with instance detection and general scene understanding |
| Applied: | 06/26/2023, #18/214214 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [848 days App to Issue] Normal range: (531 to 1379) |
| Pat Class: | G06V [IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING...] In this class there are; 10076 patents, 3010 companies, and 36491 inventors in 217 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 23) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Thompson Hine LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Aitor Aldoma Buchaca (Bavaria-Bayern, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a particular object instance in CGR environments. In some implementations, an object type of an object depicted in an image of a physical environment is identified. Then, a particular instance is determined based on the object type and the image. In some implementations, objects of the particular instance have a set of characteristics that differs from sets of characteristics associated with other instances of the object type. Then, the set of characteristics of the particular instance of the object depicted in the physical environment is obtained. |
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| #12450949 | Posture and motion monitoring using mobile devices |
| Applied: | 09/22/2022, #17/950664 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1125 days App to Issue] Normal range: (531 to 1379) |
| Pat Class: | G06V [IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING...] In this class there are; 10076 patents, 3010 companies, and 36491 inventors in 217 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 16; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 23) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Aditya Sarathy (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments are disclosed for posture and motion monitoring using mobile devices. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining motion data obtained from at least one motion sensor worn by a user; obtaining at least one frame of skeletal data of the user based on at least one of camera data or depth data; calibrating, with the at least one processor, the motion data and skeletal data to determine a calibration offset; synchronizing the motion data and skeletal data; generating, with the at least one processor, a body pose of the user by: aligning reference frames of the synchronized motion data and the synchronized skeletal data using the calibration offset; estimating the body pose of the user based on the aligned motion data and skeletal data; and classifying, using a machine learning model, the estimated body pose of the user. |
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| #12451056 | Systems and methods for mitigating micro-LED failures |
| Applied: | 05/29/2024, #18/677639 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [510 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (536 to 1740) |
| Pat Class: | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...] In this class there are; 57699 patents, 1299 companies, and 16176 inventors in 175 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Shengzhe Jiao (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=3, M=12 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A display system may include a plurality of light emitting diodes to emit light, where each of the light emitting diodes are connected in parallel and a plurality of first switches respectively coupled to the plurality of light emitting diodes. A first switch of the plurality of first switches is coupled in parallel to a first light emitting diode. The first switch may short the first light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes through a defined resistor having a defined value that therefore draws a defined short circuit current. |
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| #12451436 | Interconnecting a plurality of dies having spare input/output circuit |
| Applied: | 05/22/2024, #18/671478 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [517 days App to Issue] Normal range: (458 to 1424) |
| Pat Class: | H01L [SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT...] In this class there are; 310017 patents, 3671 companies, and 66624 inventors in 221 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 16; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Aikin Gallant, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Sanjay Dabral (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Stitched die structures, and methods for interconnecting die are described. In an embodiment, a stitched die structure includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a first die area of a first die and a second die area of a second die separate from the first die area. A back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) build-up structure spans over the first die area and the second die area, and includes a first metallic seal directly over a first peripheral area of the first die area, a second metallic seal directly over a second peripheral area of the second die area, and a die-to-die routing extending through the first metallic seal and the second metallic seal to electrically connect the first die to the second die. |
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| #12451796 | Bootstrapped power switch for a negative buck-boost low-side |
| Applied: | 09/25/2023, #18/473751 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [757 days App to Issue] Normal range: (466 to 1338) |
| Pat Class: | H02M [APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC ...] In this class there are; 21289 patents, 1187 companies, and 12542 inventors in 189 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 22) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C |
| 1st Invent: | Michael Couleur (Rottach-Egern, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A power converter with a bootstrapped switch is disclosed. A power converter is configured to generate a regulated supply voltage and includes an inductor coupled between a ground node and a switching node. The power converter further includes a switch (e.g., a low-side switch) coupled between the switching node and a supply voltage node, wherein the power converter is configured to generate the supply voltage on the voltage node, and a capacitor, wherein a voltage rating of the capacitor is less than a magnitude of the voltage. The power converter also includes a control circuit configured to, during a first phase, cause the capacitor to accumulate a charge, and during a second phase, cause activation of the switch by causing the capacitor to transfer a portion of the charge to a parasitic capacitance of the switch. |
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| #12451942 | Channel state information report for multi-TRP operation |
| Applied: | 05/14/2020, #17/593449 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1986 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (526 to 1772) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 85542 patents, 3694 companies, and 46616 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Yushu Zhang (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various manners of reporting channel state information (CSI) measurements in a multiple transmission and reception point (multi-TRP) configuration are provided. A UE may perform channel state information (CSI) measurements for a channel measurement resource (CMR) for the first gNB and at least one interference measurement resource (IMR) for the at least one second gNB, determine a configuration for a CSI report for the CSI measurements including a channel quality indicator (CQI) measurement for the CMR and the at least one IMR and transmit the CSI report to at least one of the first gNB and the at least one second gNB. |
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| #12451996 | RLC AM selective retransmission and window movement |
| Applied: | 09/19/2023, #18/370384 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [763 days App to Issue] Normal range: (512 to 1760) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 205379 patents, 13132 companies, and 231680 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Christian Hofmann (Munich, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for selective re-transmission of radio link channel (RLC) service data units (SDUs). In one aspect, the method can include actions of determining that transmission of an RLC SDU having a first sequence number was not successful, determining whether to re-transmit the RLC SDU, and based on a determination that the particular RLC SDU is not to be re-transmitted: moving a start location of an RLC transmission window to an RLC SDU that (i) has a sequence number that is greater than the first sequence number and (ii) has not been acknowledged, and transmitting a transmission to another device that indicates that the RLC SDU having the first sequence number is to be skipped. |
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| #12452012 | Synchronization signal block (SSB) based beam measurement and reporting in 5G NR |
| Applied: | 05/08/2020, #17/593734 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1992 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (512 to 1760) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 205379 patents, 13132 companies, and 231680 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 15; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Zhibin Yu (Unterhacing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment that selects at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) resource ID based on measurements of a second signal block, wherein the second signal block comprises a system information block (SIB) in 5G new radio (NR) that is spatially quasi co-located (QCLed) with the SSB resource ID, generates a beam reporting message including the selected SSB resource ID(s) and transmits the beam reporting message to a base station. A next generation NodeB (gNB) in a wireless network including the gNB and a UE that allocates downlink (DL) reference resources (RS) in a frequency range for the UE, wherein the DL comprise SIB occasions, each associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) resource identification (ID) and receives reporting messages containing measurements by the UE for the DL RS. |
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| #12452078 | Multiple-key verification information for mobile device identity document |
| Applied: | 09/25/2020, #17/033564 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1852 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (512 to 1760) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 205379 patents, 13132 companies, and 231680 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Martijn T. Haring (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques are disclosed relating to authenticating a user with a mobile device. In various embodiments, a mobile device receives a request to provision the mobile device with identification information from an identification document issued by an authority to a user for establishing an identity of the user. In response to the received request, the mobile device issues a request for verification information signed by the authority and usable to verify the identification information. The issued request identifies multiple public keys of the mobile device, each having a respective corresponding private key for generating a signature usable to verify the identification information. The mobile device receives and stores the signed verification information, the signed verification information including the plurality of public keys. In some embodiments, the mobile device receives a request provide, at least, a portion of the identification information and selects one of the private keys to generate a signature. |
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| #12452109 | Channel estimation using artificial intelligence |
| Applied: | 06/07/2021, #17/756852 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1597 days App to Issue] Normal range: (512 to 1760) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 205379 patents, 13132 companies, and 231680 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform channel estimation. The UE operates in a current channel estimation mode comprising either one of a first mode or a second mode, wherein the first mode comprises receiving first reference signals (RS) having a first RS overhead and wherein the second mode comprises receiving second reference signals (RS) having a second RS overhead, receives a network indication to switch from the current channel estimation mode to a new channel estimation mode comprising the other one of the first mode or second mode, transmits an acknowledgment to the network that the network indication was received and switches from the current channel estimation mode to the new channel estimation mode in accordance with the network indication. |
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| #12452110 | Fast common mode charging |
| Applied: | 06/21/2023, #18/339232 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [853 days App to Issue] Normal range: (512 to 1760) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 205379 patents, 13132 companies, and 231680 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Charles L. Wang (Los Altos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An apparatus for performing a fast common mode recharge is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transmitter circuit configured to transmit a differential signal on a communication bus that includes a true signal line and a complement signal line and a measurement circuit configured to measure respective voltage levels of the true signal line and the complement signal line. The apparatus further includes a control circuit configured to, in response to exiting a sleep mode, select one of a plurality of operation modes using the respective voltage levels of the true signal line and the complement signal line. The transmitter circuit is further configured to adjust the respective voltage levels of the true signal line and the complement signal line based on a selected operation mode of the plurality of operation modes. |
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| #12452315 | Electronic conferencing |
| Applied: | 09/24/2021, #17/485245 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1488 days App to Issue] Normal range: (512 to 1760) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 205379 patents, 13132 companies, and 231680 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 22; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Jingyao Zhang (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Aspects of the subject technology provide for secure, privacy-preserving access to electronic conferencing. In one or more implementations, participant devices in a conferencing session may be provided with the ability to expel one or more other participant devices from the conferencing session, even when the participant device(s) are not hosts or cohosts of the conferencing session. A participant device may be expellable by another participant device based on a connection mechanism by which the participant device is connected to the conferencing session, and/or based on an amount of time since the participant device joined the conferencing session. |
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| #12452389 | Multi-participant live communication user interface |
| Applied: | 10/31/2023, #18/498779 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [721 days App to Issue] Normal range: (444 to 1806) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 156029 patents, 6610 companies, and 80347 inventors in 236 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 51; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Marcel Van Os (Santa Cruz, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=10 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure relates to electronic devices and techniques for providing live communication sessions involving multiple participants. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a live video communication user interface of a live video communication application that includes representations of participants of a live video communication session. |
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| #12452448 | Enhanced motion vector prediction |
| Applied: | 05/04/2022, #17/736881 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1266 days App to Issue] Normal range: (444 to 1806) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 156029 patents, 6610 companies, and 80347 inventors in 236 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Yeqing Wu (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An encoder or decoder can perform enhanced motion vector prediction by receiving an input block of data for encoding or decoding and accessing stored motion information for at least one other block of data. Based on the stored motion information, the encoder or decoder can generate a list of one or more motion vector predictor candidates for the input block in accordance with an adaptive list construction order. The encoder or decoder can predict a motion vector for the input block based on at least one of the one or more motion vector predictor candidates. |
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| #12452520 | Selectively using sensors for contextual data |
| Applied: | 02/21/2023, #18/112371 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [973 days App to Issue] Normal range: (444 to 1806) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 156029 patents, 6610 companies, and 80347 inventors in 236 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 48; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 1st Invent: | Saurabh Adya (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. An example process for determining a response includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a spoken input including a request, performing a semantic analysis on the spoken input, determining, based on the semantic analysis, a likelihood that the electronic device requires additional contextual data to satisfy the request, and in accordance with the determined likelihood exceeding a threshold, enabling a camera of the electronic device and determining a response to the request based on data captured by the camera of the electronic device. |
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| #12452582 | Integrated barometric vent |
| Applied: | 05/02/2023, #18/142032 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [903 days App to Issue] Normal range: (462 to 1590) |
| Pat Class: | H04R [LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ...] In this class there are; 27831 patents, 1757 companies, and 17112 inventors in 202 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 29; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Marco Baratelli (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Improved acoustic devices include water-resistant venting across various surfaces inside acoustic devices such as speakers and microphones. Surfaces such as an acoustic diaphragm, a cover for a resonant chamber, and a cover for an external port of an acoustic transducer may include design features that create or enhance gas-permeable and water impermeable attributes. Such design features include, for example, a series of apertures in the vented surface. |
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| #12452644 | Deleted eSIM recovery |
| Applied: | 09/15/2022, #17/932667 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1132 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: DICKINSON WRIGHT RLLP |
| 1st Invent: | Sherman X. Jin (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The described embodiments set forth techniques for recovering one or more electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) previously deleted from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a mobile wireless device. Prior to deletion of an eSIM, the mobile wireless device uploads first eSIM subscription information to a cloud network services server and stores second eSIM subscription information in a secure memory of the eUICC. The mobile wireless device can subsequently download the first eSIM subscription information to verify matching to the second eSIM subscription information stored in the eUICC before displaying an option for recovering the eSIM. The mobile wireless device sends to a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server an eSIM recovery request notification that includes at least a portion of the first eSIM subscription information, and the MNO provisioning server provides an eSIM recovery response message indicating approval and a network address to download the eSIM. |
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| #12452657 | Authentication between wireless devices and edge servers |
| Applied: | 10/28/2021, #17/916960 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1454 days App to Issue] Normal range: (490 to 1918) |
| Pat Class: | H04M [TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling othe...] In this class there are; 42878 patents, 2904 companies, and 32858 inventors in 214 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 29) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Shu Guo (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=0 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications including authentication between user equipment and edge computing servers. One or more edge enabler client(s) operating at a user equipment may authenticate with one or more edge computing server(s). The authentication may use generic bootstrapping architecture, among various possibilities. |
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| #12452709 | Enhanced CSI reporting for multi-TRP operation |
| Applied: | 10/01/2021, #17/905292 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1481 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Enhanced channel state information (CSI) reporting may include encoding a CSI reporting configuration associated with a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and a second TRP. The CSI reporting configuration may include at least one codebook configuration. The at least one codebook may include at least one of a rank restriction configuration or a codebook subset restriction (CBSR) configuration. The at least one of the rank restriction configuration or the CBSR configuration may correspond to at least one of a particular type of TRP measurement, a particular TRP of the first TRP or the second TRP, or channel measurement resources (CMRs) associated with at least one of the first TRP or the second TRP. A CSI measurement communication received from a user equipment (UE) may be decoded. The CSI measurement communication may be based on the decoded CSI reporting configuration. |
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| #12452739 | Fast return to 5G systems (5GS) after handover to evolved packet system (EPS) due to EPS fallback from 5GS |
| Applied: | 03/13/2024, #18/603847 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [587 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN FOX P.L.L.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Changhong Shan (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for managing a fast return of a user equipment (UE) to 5G systems (5GS) after handover to Evolved Packet System (EPS) due to EPS fallback from 5GS. The method can include at least generating a handover request including an indication indicating a handover reason of no presence of quality of service (QoS) flow for a voice signal to the UE; receiving a handover command generated by an access and mobility management function (AMF) to transfer the UE from the 5GS to the EPS based on the handover request; transmitting the handover command to the UE for the UE to establish a connection with the EPS; and after the flow of the voice signal has terminated, re-establishing a connection with the UE to reconnect the UE to the 5GS, wherein the connection with the BS is re-established based on a target ID of the BS. |
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| #12452762 | Access load control in peer-to-peer networks |
| Applied: | 08/02/2022, #17/879023 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1176 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 22; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Biljana Badic (Munich, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Implementations relate to identifying, by a relay device, a first message received from a first requesting device of a plurality of requesting devices; identifying, by the relay device, a second message received from a second requesting device of the plurality of requesting devices; determining, by the relay device based at least in part on a parameter of the first message, that the first message has a first priority level that satisfies a priority threshold; determining, by the relay device based at least in part on a parameter of the second message, that the second message has a second priority level that does not satisfy the priority threshold; transmitting a relay message to a remote device based at least in part on the first message; and transmitting a backoff message to the second requesting device. |
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| #12452795 | Full power uplink transmission enhancement |
| Applied: | 10/02/2023, #18/375965 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [750 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A method for operating user equipment (UE) includes generating, by the UE, a transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) list including one or more TPMIs selected from a set of available TPMIs stored at a base station (BS). Data indicative of the TPMI list is transmitted to the BS. An index of the TPMI list is transmitted to the BS. Downlink control information (DCI) is received from the BS including an indication of at least one TPMI from the TPMI list based on the index. Uplink data is transmitted to the BS on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using the at least one TPMI. |
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| #12452807 | Efficient PRACH transmission in a fallback RACH procedure |
| Applied: | 08/29/2022, #17/822952 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1149 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Pranav Tripathi (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) is configured to initiate a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure to synchronize with a base station, initiate a fallback four-step RACH procedure after the two-step RACH procedure, configure a random access preamble transmission for the four-step RACH procedure, wherein configuring the random access preamble transmission comprises deriving a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmit power parameter value based on a parameter used to perform a transmission during the two-step RACH procedure and transmit the random access preamble for the four-step RACH procedure to the base station. |
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| #12452818 | Handling PLMN prioritization |
| Applied: | 11/04/2021, #18/251766 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1447 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 21; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Roland Gruber (Sauerlach, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) transmits a registration request message to a first public land mobile network (PLMN), wherein the first PLMN is a roaming PLMN, receives a registration accept message from the first PLMN, determines that the registration accept message includes a manipulated steering of roaming (SoR) container or does not include a SoR container, wherein the SoR container is configured by a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the UE and transmitted to the first PLMN from the HPLMN, determines that the registration accept message includes an indication that the first PLMN does not support voice over packet switching (VoPS) and adds the first PLMN to a first list of PLMNs in which voice service is not possible in an N1 mode. |
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| #12452864 | Systems and methods for PDSCH based CSI measurement |
| Applied: | 09/28/2023, #18/476530 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [754 days App to Issue] Normal range: (526 to 1772) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 85542 patents, 3694 companies, and 46616 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Yushu Zhang (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems and methods provide a channel state information (CSI) measurement based on measuring a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. A user equipment (UE) triggers measuring of a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station. The UE triggers measuring of a DMRS for a PDSCH transmission from the base station. The UE generates a CSI report to report the CSI measurement, based on both the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission. The UE may then send the CSI report to report the CSI measurement to the base station. |
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| #12452900 | Methods of improving the robustness for DCI triggered beam update in 5G NR |
| Applied: | 06/21/2024, #18/750281 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [487 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 14; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Zhibin Yu (Unterhaching, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems and methods for improving the robustness of a DCI triggered beam update in 5G NR are disclosed herein. A g Node B (gNB) may associate a reference signal to a beam pattern (or beam configuration) and prepare Downlink Control Information (DCI) of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that includes aperiodic Channel-State Information Reference Signal (AP CSI-RS) information indicating the beam pattern. A user equipment (UE) may decode the DCI, extract the AP CSI-RS information, update the beam pattern of a reference signal based on the AP CSI-RS information, and generate an uplink (UL) feedback message indicating that the PDCCH was successfully decoded by the UE. The gNB may then decode the uplink (UL) feedback message and, in response, update a receive (RX) beam of the gNB to correspond to the beam pattern associated to the reference signal. |
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| #12452913 | Uplink (UL) transmission in wideband carrier and carrier aggregation in NR systems operating on unlicensed spectrum |
| Applied: | 04/29/2020, #17/593669 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [2001 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (507 to 1671) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 143766 patents, 7107 companies, and 95224 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Yingyang Li (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Devices, systems and methods for a fifth generation (5G) or new radio (NR) system comprising determining a configuration for an uplink (UL) transmission resource with respect to a listen before talk (LBT) operation on an unlicensed spectrum and transmitting uplink control information (UCI) on the UL transmission resource based on the configuration subjected to the LBT operation. |
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| #12452950 | Discontinuous reception transmission |
| Applied: | 08/05/2021, #17/593733 |
| Issued: | 10/21/2025, [1538 days App to Issue] Normal range: (512 to 1760) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 205379 patents, 13132 companies, and 231680 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Fangli Xu (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to discontinuous reception (DRX) transmission. Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a solution for DRX configurations for point-to-point (PTP) and/or point-to-multipoint (PTM) transmissions. In this solution, a user equipment (UE) maintains separate DRX configurations for PTP transmissions and PTM transmissions. During active time for the PTP transmissions, the UE monitors physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) with a UE specific identifier. The UE monitors PDCCH with a PTM transmission specific identifier during active time for the PTM transmissions. In this way, it can match the MBS service quality mechanism. Moreover, it also saves power at the UE. |
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