38 patent(s) in this week's alert:
Assignee Summary:| Patents | Owner |
| 38 | Apple |
| Patents | Class Code |
| 6 | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] |
| 4 | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] |
| 3 | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] |
| 3 | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...] |
| 2 | G01S [RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING ...] |
| 2 | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] |
| 2 | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] |
| 2 | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] |
| 2 | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] |
| 2 | H04R [LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ...] |
| 1 | H04S [STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS [3]...] |
| 1 | H04K [SECRET COMMUNICATION; JAMMING OF COMMUNICATION...] |
| 1 | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] |
| 1 | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...] |
| 1 | G03B [APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR...] |
| 1 | A63F [CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL...] |
| 1 | G01J [MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, P...] |
| 1 | G01R [MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIAB...] |
| 1 | H02M [APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC ...] |
| 1 | G06K [RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRI...] |
Details on individual patents:
| #12496527 | Tracking objects with fiducial markers in multiple environments to provide shared experiences |
| Applied: | 03/17/2023, #18/122819 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1005 days App to Issue] Normal range: (466 to 1860) |
| Pat Class: | A63F [CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL...] In this class there are; 22727 patents, 1448 companies, and 12172 inventors in 181 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 31) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Thompson Hine LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Geoffrey Stahl (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide shared extended reality (XR) experiences in which two or more users interact with their own sets of physical objects (e.g., cards, game pieces, dice, chips, etc.) during the shared experiences. Each user may have multiple physical objects, each of those physical objects having the same generic shape, size, etc., but having a unique fiducial marker. The unique fiducial marker of each physical object can be assigned to represent one of multiple virtual content items. |
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| #12498264 | Compensation for crosstalk between electronic display and ambient light sensor |
| Applied: | 12/12/2023, #18/537783 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [735 days App to Issue] Normal range: (523 to 1485) |
| Pat Class: | G01J [MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, P...] In this class there are; 13609 patents, 1561 companies, and 11678 inventors in 199 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 21; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Ionut A Mirel (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic display includes an ambient light sensor (ALS) located beneath an active area to sense ambient light above the active area. The ALS is synchronized with blanking periods of a display pixel on the active area. An emission-off scale factor is calculated based on an emission profile of the display pixel when the display pixel is turned off. The emission-off scale factor is used with display content to calculate a crosstalk compensation for the ALS. |
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| #12498405 | Systems and methods for coordinating synchronized sampling |
| Applied: | 09/22/2022, #17/950675 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1181 days App to Issue] Normal range: (580 to 1588) |
| Pat Class: | G01R [MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIAB...] In this class there are; 50887 patents, 2919 companies, and 33726 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 22; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FLETCHER YODER PC |
| 1st Invent: | Arun Vijayakumari Mahasenan (Fremont, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems and methods for coordinating data sampling among devices include a set of electronic devices that may periodically sample energy data from a smart meter according to sample timing information. The sample timing information may specify a set of times to sample energy data for each electronic device. The set of electronic devices may take turns in sampling energy data from the smart meter so that individual electronic devices may reduce power consumption by sampling less frequently. A server may determine the sample times for the electronic devices and may instruct the electronic devices to sample energy data. Additionally, each individual electronic device may leave and/or join wireless communication networks less frequently than if each individual electronic device performed every sample. Accordingly, the coordinated sampling may decrease the radio resource usage and/or bandwidth usage of any individual electronic device. |
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| #12498462 | LiDAR array with vertically-coupled transceivers |
| Applied: | 05/12/2022, #17/742419 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1314 days App to Issue] Normal range: (558 to 1674) |
| Pat Class: | G01S [RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING ...] In this class there are; 25179 patents, 3114 companies, and 31452 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Meitar Patents Ltd. |
| 1st Invent: | Nurul Taimur Islam (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=3, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An optical sensing device includes a planar substrate and an array of optical transceivers disposed on the planar substrate. Each optical transceiver includes a photodetector, at least one turning mirror having a reflective surface disposed diagonally relative to the substrate, and multiple waveguides disposed parallel to the substrate. The waveguides include a transmit waveguide, which is coupled to convey outgoing light from a coherent light source to the at least one turning mirror for output from the optical transceiver, and a receive waveguide, which is coupled to receive incoming light reflected by the at least one turning mirror and to convey the incoming light to the photodetector. |
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| #12498492 | Systems and methods for power efficient satellite tracking strategy |
| Applied: | 04/21/2023, #18/137700 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [970 days App to Issue] Normal range: (558 to 1674) |
| Pat Class: | G01S [RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING ...] In this class there are; 25179 patents, 3114 companies, and 31452 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FLETCHER YODER PC |
| 1st Invent: | Harsha Shirahatti (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An efficient satellite vehicle (SV) tracking mode that, when utilized by user equipment (UE), consumes less power and/or computing resources of the UE than a default SV tracking mode of tracking all visible SV, while maintaining consistent signal quality and/or positional, navigational, and/or timing information accuracy standards. Furthermore, use of the efficient SV tracking mode may be determined and implemented based on a signal environment associated with a location of the UE. In particular, the efficient SV tracking mode may be associated with a location based on a determination that signal quality thresholds are met during use of the efficient SV tracking mode at the location. Additionally or alternatively, the location may be associated with a geofenced area. The geofenced area may define a geographical area corresponding to implementation of the efficient SV tracking mode by a UE located within the geofenced area. |
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| #12498523 | Compact optical splitter |
| Applied: | 05/03/2023, #18/142729 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [958 days App to Issue] Normal range: (494 to 1448) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 81096 patents, 3859 companies, and 45049 inventors in 226 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Mohsen Kamandar Dezfouli (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Optical splitters and system and methods utilizing optical splitters are disclosed. The optical splitter may include an input waveguide, a free propagation region, and a plurality output waveguides. The output waveguides are connected to the free propagation region at a corresponding plurality of output ports that are positioned along a non-circular path. The output ports may be positioned such that the output waveguides have the same width. |
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| #12498537 | Flexure module component configurations for camera with moveable image sensor |
| Applied: | 09/14/2022, #17/932257 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1189 days App to Issue] Normal range: (494 to 1448) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 81096 patents, 3859 companies, and 45049 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Himesh Patel (Fremont, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A camera includes a lens carrier to which lens(es), defining an optical axis, are mounted. The lens carrier and the lens(es) are movable along the optical axis. The camera includes an autofocus (AF) damping structure for dampening motion of the lens carrier and the lens(es) in a direction along the optical axis. The camera includes a flexure platform having a dynamic platform to which an image sensor and a substrate are connected for movement together with the dynamic platform, a static platform connected to a static portion of the camera, and multiple flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform. The camera includes electronic component(s) and a volume of space vertically aligned with the AF damping structure and extending from the AF damping structure to the substrate. The volume of space does not include a mounting location of the electronic component(s). |
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| #12498621 | Miniaturized adaptive optics with deformable phase plate for digital tilt and aberration correction |
| Applied: | 09/19/2023, #18/370367 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [819 days App to Issue] Normal range: (508 to 1468) |
| Pat Class: | G03B [APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR...] In this class there are; 21987 patents, 1062 companies, and 6412 inventors in 163 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 22; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Milan Maksimovic (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some embodiments, the camera system comprises: an optical assembly to create an optical image from the optical wavefront; a deformable phase plate (DPP) to receive the optical image from the optical assembly and to adjust the optical image in accordance with a control signal, the DPP including a deformable surface suspended over a cavity filled with optical fluid, and electrical actuation elements configured to change a shape of the deformable surface based on the control signal, the electrical actuation elements arranged in a pattern in the cavity and, when activated, provide an electrostatic force on the deformable surface; an image sensor to convert the adjusted optical image into electrical signals; an image signal processor to generate a digital image from the electrical signals; and an estimator to estimate an aberration or tilt correction of the digital image and to generate the control signal based on the estimated aberration or tilt correction. |
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| #12498781 | Adaptive voltage margin techniques |
| Applied: | 12/22/2023, #18/394997 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [725 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1850) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 651647 patents, 20822 companies, and 410563 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Angel E. Socarras (Orlando, FL) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques are disclosed relating to power control and voltage margining. In some embodiments, first and second component circuits operate based on a supply voltage generated by a power supply. Voltage sensor circuitry may generate voltage measurements. Voltage margin control circuitry may determine a voltage ceiling based on a current operating state of the first component circuit and a current operating state of the second component circuit. The control circuitry may transmit control signals to the power supply to incrementally reduce the supply voltage until detecting a low-supply-voltage condition based on a voltage measurement generated by the voltage sensor circuitry. Disclosed techniques may advantageously provide voltage margin while reducing overall power consumption. |
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| #12498842 | Systems and methods for providing and interacting with application-update objects on a mobile device |
| Applied: | 02/26/2024, #18/587833 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [659 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 2226) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 86963 patents, 12478 companies, and 143620 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 39; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A mobile device with a display receives one or more inputs to install an application on the mobile device. The mobile device initiates a download of the application to the mobile device. While the application is downloading to the mobile device, the mobile device displays, on a home screen of the display, a placeholder object associated with the application. The mobile device displays, at the placeholder object on the home screen of the display, an indicator showing progress of installation of the application. |
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| #12498844 | Near-viewing notification techniques |
| Applied: | 04/06/2023, #18/131477 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [985 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1850) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 651647 patents, 20822 companies, and 410563 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Laura L. Walker (Orinda, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Approaches for presenting user cues based on distance between an electronic device and an object are described. In some examples, content is displayed. First sensor data is received, which is indicative of a first distance between the electronic device and the object. A first version of a user cue relating to the first distance may be presented. Second sensor data is received, which is indicative of a second distance between the electronic device and the object. A second version of the user cue relating to the second distance may be presented. |
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| #12498895 | Head-mounted device with publicly viewable display |
| Applied: | 02/06/2024, #18/433601 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [679 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1850) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 651647 patents, 20822 companies, and 410563 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=8 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A head-mounted device may be worn on the face of a user. The head-mounted device may include a user-viewable display that presents inwardly directed user-viewable images such as virtual reality images to the user. The head-mounted device may also have a publicly viewable display that presents publicly viewable images to individuals near the user. The publicly viewable images may overlap facial features of the user''s face. Publicly viewable images may include captured images of user facial features or other content, may include computer-generated graphics such as user facial feature graphics, may contain a mixture of captured image content and overlaid graphics such as user facial feature graphics, or may contain other publicly viewable content. User monitoring sensors such as camera and gaze detection sensors, environmental sensors, and other circuitry in the head-mounted device may gather information that is used in adjusting the publicly viewable images. |
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| #12498932 | Physical register sharing |
| Applied: | 12/07/2023, #18/532836 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [740 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1850) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 651647 patents, 20822 companies, and 410563 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (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 | Techniques are disclosed relating to physical register sharing. In some embodiments, a processor includes, in a register file, physical registers of a largest architected register size for a given operand type defined in an instruction set architecture (ISA). A register rename circuit of the processor is configured to assign a first physical register to an architected register of the largest architected register size. The register rename circuit is also configured to assign a first portion of a second physical register to a second ISA-defined architected register of a smaller size than the largest architected register size and a second portion of the second physical register to a third ISA-defined architected register of the smaller size. In the second assignment, the second and third architected registers of the smaller size are separate and distinct registers in the ISA. |
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| #12498998 | Method and apparatus for enforcing policies for authorizing APIs |
| Applied: | 06/26/2020, #16/914244 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1999 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (546 to 1850) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 651647 patents, 20822 companies, and 410563 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Andrew Curtis (San Mateo, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Some embodiments provide API (Application Programming Interface) authorization platform that allows API-authorization policy stacks to be created and enforced. Policy stacks (called ''stacks'') define API-authorization policies across different sets of managed resources in a workspace. A stack in some embodiments defines a uniform set of one or more API-authorization policies for multiple different sets of resources. By instituting common policies across multiple managed resource sets (also called managed systems), stacks can be used to guarantee uniform baseline policies for the workspace. A stack is typically applied to several managed resources that share a common trait. The API-authorization platform of some embodiments allows an administrator to define the traits of the managed resources through labels that are associated with the stacks and the managed systems. This platform in some embodiments also allows a stack to specify an exception for a managed system based on one or more features of the system. |
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| #12499068 | DMA control circuit with quality of service indications |
| Applied: | 01/04/2024, #18/404449 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [712 days App to Issue] Normal range: (546 to 1850) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 651647 patents, 20822 companies, and 410563 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Brett D. George (Los Altos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques for improving the handling of peripherals in a computer system, including through the use of a DMA control circuit that helps manage the flow of data between memory and the peripherals via an intermediate storage buffer. The DMA control circuit is configured to control timing of DMA transfers between sample buffers in the memory and the intermediate storage buffer. The DMA control circuit may output a priority value of the DMA control circuit for accesses to memory, where the priority value based on stored quality of service (QoS) information and current channel data buffer levels for different DMA channels. The DMA control circuit may separately arbitrate between multiple active transmit and receive channels. Still further, the DMA control circuit may store, for a given data transfer over a particular DMA channel, timestamp information indicative of completion of the DMA and peripheral-side operations. |
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| #12499205 | User interfaces for sharing an account with another user identity |
| Applied: | 11/27/2023, #18/520426 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [750 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 2226) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 86963 patents, 12478 companies, and 143620 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 21; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: YHE Law LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Mischa McLachlan (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=8, M=7 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure generally relates to displaying a user interface for sharing an account associated with a first user identity with a second user identity. The user interface includes a first sharing option and a second sharing option. One or more inputs corresponding to a request to share the account are detected. If the one or more inputs include a selection of the first sharing option, a request to invite the second user identity to become a joint owner of the account is transmitted. If the one or more inputs include a selection of the second sharing option, a request to invite the second user identity to become a participant of the account without becoming a joint owner of the account is transmitted. |
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| #12499599 | Method and device for generating an animation graph |
| Applied: | 09/21/2022, #17/949403 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1182 days App to Issue] Normal range: (496 to 1512) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 52986 patents, 6384 companies, and 86605 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 23; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Aashi Manglik (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some implementations, the method includes: obtaining a plurality of animations; determining initial and end motion states for each of the plurality of animations; generating an animation graph including nodes for each of the plurality of animations by connecting, with a directional edge, a first node with an end motion state to a second node with an initial motion state that matches the end motion state of the first node; generating a transitional animation that is not included among the plurality of animations from an initial reference motion state to a target motion state that corresponds to a path that traverses the animation graph from a third node associated with the initial reference motion state to a fourth node associated with the target motion state; and updating the animation graph by removing one or more nodes from the animation graph based at least in part on the transitional animation. |
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| #12499636 | Method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment |
| Applied: | 12/13/2023, #18/538656 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [734 days App to Issue] Normal range: (496 to 1512) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 52986 patents, 6384 companies, and 86605 inventors in 240 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Blank Rome LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Peter Meier (Los Gatos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment comprises providing a virtual object having a global position and orientation with respect to a geographic global coordinate system, with first pose data on the global position and orientation of the virtual object, in a database of a server, taking an image of a real environment by a mobile device and providing second pose data as to at which position and with which orientation with respect to the geographic global coordinate system the image was taken. The method further includes displaying the image on a display of the mobile device, accessing the virtual object in the database and positioning the virtual object in the image on the basis of the first and second pose data, manipulating the virtual object or adding a further virtual object, and providing the manipulated virtual object with modified first pose data or the further virtual object with third pose data in the database. |
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| #12499641 | Rendering content crossing a portal |
| Applied: | 09/05/2023, #18/242451 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [833 days App to Issue] Normal range: (496 to 1512) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 52986 patents, 6384 companies, and 86605 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Yujin R. Ariza (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=0 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In one implementation, a method of rendering a scene including a portal is performed by a device including one or more processors and non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining a rendering of first content having a plurality of first pixels at respective pixel locations having respective first pixel color values. The method includes obtaining a portal count map having a plurality of portal count pixels at the respective pixel locations having respective pixel portal count values indicating whether the corresponding pixel location corresponds to a portal. The method includes obtaining a rendering of second content having a plurality of second pixels at the respective pixel locations having respective second pixel color values. The method includes obtaining a portal cross map having a plurality of portal cross pixels at the respective pixel locations having respective pixel portal cross values indicating whether the corresponding pixel location corresponds to second content outside the portal. The method includes identifying an overwrite set of the respective pixel locations including pixel locations indicated by the portal count map as corresponding to the portal and including pixel locations indicated by the portal cross map as corresponding to the second content outside the portal. The method includes replacing the first pixel color values of pixels in the rendering of the first content at the overwrite set of the respective pixel locations with the corresponding second pixel color values. |
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| #12499680 | Method and system for encoded optical communication using a modulated light source |
| Applied: | 01/20/2022, #17/579713 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1426 days App to Issue] Normal range: (538 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | G06K [RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRI...] In this class there are; 95602 patents, 5828 companies, and 65586 inventors in 239 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Thompson Hine LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Emanuele Mandelli (Mountain View, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that obtain information from a first electronic device (e.g., to improve interactions for a CGR environment). In some implementations at a second electronic device having a processor, event camera data is obtained corresponding to modulated light (e.g., light including an information signal in its modulation) emitted by an optical source on the first electronic device and received at an event camera. The second electronic device is able to identify information from the first electronic device based on detecting a modulation pattern of the modulated light based on the event camera data. In some implementations, second electronic device is the same electronic device that has the event camera (e.g., laptop) or a different electronic device that receives the event data (e.g., a server receiving the event data from a laptop computer). |
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| #12499806 | Multi-least significant bit (LSB) dithering systems and methods |
| Applied: | 08/09/2023, #18/446694 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [860 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1735) |
| Pat Class: | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...] In this class there are; 58186 patents, 1309 companies, and 16283 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Jongyup Lim (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device may include an electronic display having multiple display pixels that display an image based on dithered image data. The electronic device may also include image processing circuitry that generates the dithered image data based on input image data and a threshold gray level that is greater than one. Generating the dithered image data may include replacing each gray level of the input image data that is less than the threshold gray level with either a zero gray level or the threshold gray level according to a dither pattern. |
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| #12499815 | In-pixel compensation for current droop and in-pixel compensation timing |
| Applied: | 06/14/2023, #18/210060 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [916 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1735) |
| Pat Class: | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...] In this class there are; 58186 patents, 1309 companies, and 16283 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Jeongsup Lee (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=9 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device may include an electronic display including display pixels to display an image based on compensated image data. As image data is written to a pixel in the row of pixels, capacitive coupling at a driver may lead to distortion on the driver. In particular, the capacitive coupling may cause distortion at a storage capacitor, which may lead to current droop at the pixel. The current droop may be reduced or eliminated in each pixel by performing pixel compensation. The pattern of the pixel compensation may be selected such that, over a number of subframes, an average amount of light is the same or similar to what would be emitted had pixel compensation been performed on each pixel in each subframe. |
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| #12499852 | Real-time peak luminance control for pulsed electronic display |
| Applied: | 06/29/2023, #18/216489 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [901 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1735) |
| Pat Class: | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...] In this class there are; 58186 patents, 1309 companies, and 16283 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Seung B Rim (Pleasanton, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure is directed to estimating and modulating peak luminance of the display substantially in real-time to allow very bright pixels to be shown on the electronic display as long as the total electrical energy drawn by the electronic display does not exceed a threshold. The amount of electrical energy that is being drawn by the electronic display may be estimated from the image data by counting the number of rows of pixels that are emitting pulses in discrete bins of time. Because the pulses draw a predictable amount of electrical energy per row per time bin, the amount of electrical energy drawn by the electronic display may be estimated substantially in real time. The image data on the electronic display may therefore be modulated to avoid drawing too much electrical energy from the power source of the electronic device while permitting a high dynamic range. |
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| #12500520 | Flexible system for creating multiple main system rails from a current limited input source |
| Applied: | 04/11/2024, #18/632911 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [614 days App to Issue] Normal range: (468 to 1338) |
| Pat Class: | H02M [APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC ...] In this class there are; 21554 patents, 1194 companies, and 12662 inventors in 189 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 22) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FLETCHER YODER PC |
| 1st Invent: | Mark A Yoshimoto (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A power supply for an electronic device having a plurality of voltage rails including at least one low voltage rail and at least one high voltage rail can include a single inductor multiple output (SIMO) converter. The SIMO converter can include a single inductor; a plurality of switching devices selectively operable as switching converters for producing the plurality of regulated output voltages; and a SIMO power controller including control circuitry that selectively operates the plurality of switching devices responsive at least in part to an input voltage and the plurality of regulated output voltages. The plurality of switching devices can be arranged in a plurality of phases, and the SIMO power controller can include control circuitry for each of the plurality of phases. |
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| #12500565 | High pass power combiner with coupled inductive elements |
| Applied: | 05/17/2022, #17/746714 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1309 days App to Issue] Normal range: (526 to 1772) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 86079 patents, 3717 companies, and 46979 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FLETCHER YODER PC |
| 1st Invent: | Milad Darvishi (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device includes multiple antennas to transmit one or more signals, and a transmitter electrically coupled to the antennas. The transmitter has splitter circuitry that receives an input signal and generates the signals. The splitter circuitry includes a pair of inductive elements that are inductively coupled together. The splitter circuitry includes capacitive elements to absorb parasitic input and output capacitance. In additional or alternative embodiments, the splitter circuitry may be in the form of combiner circuitry and disposed in a receiver of the electronic device. |
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| #12500618 | Calibrating wireless circuitry with digital predistortion |
| Applied: | 06/12/2024, #18/740865 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [552 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (691 to 2119) |
| Pat Class: | H04K [SECRET COMMUNICATION; JAMMING OF COMMUNICATION...] In this class there are; 5097 patents, 249 companies, and 1255 inventors in 100 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group |
| 1st Invent: | Andrea Camuffo (Munich, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=0 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having a radio-frequency amplifier. A method for calibrating the wireless circuitry is provided that includes characterizing a linear transformation between an input of the radio-frequency amplifier and an input of a feedback receiver, where the radio-frequency amplifier has an output that is coupled to the input of the feedback receiver via a filter and a radio-frequency coupler, obtaining a filter model based on the characterized linear transformation, and generating memory digital predistortion (mDPD) coefficients for a digital predistortion block coupled to the input of the radio-frequency amplifier based on the filter model. The generation of the mDPD coefficients can alternatively be based on an inverse filter model and can further include minimizing an error signal computed from a difference between a predistorted signal output from the digital predistortion block and a demodulated signal output from the feedback receiver. |
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| #12500639 | CSI-RS enhancement for port selection codebook with channel reciprocity |
| Applied: | 02/10/2021, #17/442035 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1770 days App to Issue] Normal range: (526 to 1772) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 86079 patents, 3717 companies, and 46979 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, computer-readable storage medium and computer program product for CSI-RS enhancement for Port Selection Codebook with Channel Reciprocity. A cellular base station, comprising: at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and a processor coupled to the at least one radio; wherein the cellular base station is configured to: provide a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to a wireless device; and provide a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) to the wireless device via one or more ports based on the RRC message, wherein, the RRC message at least indicates one or more of: information on a density of the CSI-RS, information on time domain locations of the CSI-RS, information on a subset of ports for the wireless device to measure the CSI-RS, and information on a subset of Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) groups for the wireless device to measure the CSI-RS. |
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| #12500712 | Enhanced RACH-less handover |
| Applied: | 03/27/2020, #17/441790 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [2090 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145887 patents, 7142 companies, and 95985 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 15; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Qiming Li (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | This disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices for handover of a user equipment (UE) from a source node of a radio access network (RAN) to a target node of the RAN. In one example, a method involves receiving, by the UE and from the source node, a RACH-498 handover message comprising: (i) an uplink grant for establishing a connection with the target node, and (ii) an identifier of a reference signal associated with a beam of the target node. The method also involves performing, by the UE, a handover based on the RACH-less handover message. |
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| #12500884 | Secure session resumption |
| Applied: | 09/16/2022, #17/932979 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1187 days App to Issue] Normal range: (513 to 1757) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 207540 patents, 13197 companies, and 233685 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Steven A. Myers (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques are disclosed relating to resuming a communication session. In some embodiments, a first computing device stores a session resumption token that includes metadata usable to resume a communication session. The first computing device provides a request to resume the communication session with a second computing device and receives, from the second computing device, an output of a verifiable random function (VRF) associated with the request. In response to the request, the first computing device performs a verification of the output and determines, based on the verification, whether to provide the session resumption token to the second computing device. |
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| #12501065 | Method for encoding/decoding video signal, and apparatus therefor |
| Applied: | 10/21/2024, #18/922264 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [421 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (444 to 1802) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 157339 patents, 6661 companies, and 81143 inventors in 237 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 9; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Bae Keun Lee (Seongnam-si, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=0 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A method for decoding a video, according to the present invention, may comprise the steps of: parsing a first flag indicating whether inter prediction on the basis of a merge mode is applied to a current block; if the first flag is true, parsing a second flag indicating whether a regular merge mode or a merge offset encoding mode is applied to the current block; and if the second flag is true, parsing a third flag indicating whether the merge offset encoding mode is applied to the current block. |
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| #12501085 | Semantic compression for compute offloading |
| Applied: | 12/15/2023, #18/542526 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [732 days App to Issue] Normal range: (444 to 1802) |
| Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] In this class there are; 157339 patents, 6661 companies, and 81143 inventors in 237 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Sabine Roessel (Munich, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Methods and systems for semantic encoding by a user equipment (UE) are configured for determining an expected power consumption for encoding video data that includes semantic features, the semantic features representing a meaning of information represented in video frames of the video data; encoding one or more video frames of the video data using a selected a semantic representation of one or more video frames of the video data, the semantic representation being selected based on the expected power consumption that is determined; and transmitting the encoded video data including the semantic representation. |
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| #12501194 | Fabric-covered electronic device with light-emitting components |
| Applied: | 03/02/2023, #18/177593 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1020 days App to Issue] Normal range: (464 to 1588) |
| Pat Class: | H04R [LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ...] In this class there are; 28076 patents, 1776 companies, and 17287 inventors in 202 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 14; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Yu P Sun (Yorba Linda, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=4, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a cylindrical shape. The electronic device may include a housing, a speaker in the housing configured to emit sound, and a display in the housing. The display may include a substrate, light-emitting components mounted on the substrate, an opaque support structure mounted on the substrate, a diffuser that is mounted to the opaque support structure and that overlaps the light-emitting components, a display cover layer that overlaps the diffuser, and foam that is interposed between the opaque support structure and the display cover layer. The light-emitting components may be arranged in groups that have the same layout and orientations that vary as a function of angular position relative to the center of the display. The foam and/or an adhesive layer may be formed from two or more discrete pieces that have footprints with complementary protrusions. |
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| #12501217 | Adaptive resonance-controlled audio systems and methods |
| Applied: | 04/19/2023, #18/136860 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [972 days App to Issue] Normal range: (464 to 1588) |
| Pat Class: | H04R [LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ...] In this class there are; 28076 patents, 1776 companies, and 17287 inventors in 202 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Yang Liu (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers. An electronic device may operate the speaker at or near one or more resonance frequencies of the speaker and/or the electronic device. This can allow the electronic device to efficiently eject an occlusion when the speaker is occluded by a fluid or other debris. For example, the electronic device may determine a resonance frequency by obtaining one or more electrical characteristics of an electronic component while the speaker is occluded, determine the resonance frequency based on the obtained electrical characteristic(s), and operate the speaker at a frequency that is based on the resonance frequency to eject the occlusion. |
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| #12501227 | Simplified meshes for acoustics |
| Applied: | 01/03/2023, #18/092644 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1078 days App to Issue] Normal range: (369 to 1295) |
| Pat Class: | H04S [STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS [3]...] In this class there are; 2481 patents, 367 companies, and 3581 inventors in 110 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 23) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Thompson Hine LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Dirk Schroeder (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide realistic acoustic simulation for sound from a virtual source based on a site specific 3D acoustic model of a physical environment. Some implementations obtain first sensor data representing at least a portion of a first boundary of a physical environment while second sensor data corresponding to a second boundary of the physical environment is absent from the first sensor data. In some implementations, the second boundary of the physical environment is estimated based on the first sensor data. Then, a 3D acoustic model representing the physical environment is determined, where the 3D acoustic model includes a 3D shape formed of at least the first boundary and the second boundary. In some implementations, acoustics are provided for sound from a virtual source corresponding to a position within the physical environment, where the acoustics are provided based the 3D acoustic model. |
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| #12501265 | Evolved packet core (EPC) solution for restricted local operator services (RLOS) access using device authentication |
| Applied: | 10/23/2023, #18/492513 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [785 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145887 patents, 7142 companies, and 95985 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Abhijeet Kolekar (Hillsboro, OR) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments disclosed herein relate to allowing unauthenticated UEs to gain restricted access to an operator network to access network access subscription service. Once the unauthenticated UE successfully downloads a subscription profile for accessing the operator network, the unauthenticated UE can disconnect and can, thereafter, authenticate to the operator network using the subscription profile. Embodiments disclosed herein can perform one-way authentication to the operator network for obtaining a limited connectivity to reduce DoS attacks on the operator network. More specifically, these embodiments can support unauthenticated UEs to allow unauthenticated UEs to access the operator network for RLOS while minimizing DoS attack. |
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| #12501338 | 5G new radio mobility enhancements |
| Applied: | 02/23/2023, #18/173307 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1027 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145887 patents, 7142 companies, and 95985 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Shadi Iskander (Ergolding, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive an inter-frequency measurement configuration comprising a plurality of frequencies, wherein neighbor cells transmit at at least one of the frequencies, the inter-frequency measurement configuration further comprising a priority associated with each of the frequencies, performing the frequency measurements of the neighbor cells according to the inter-frequency measurement configuration and reporting inter-frequency measurement results of the neighbor cells according to the priority in the inter-frequency measurement configuration. |
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| #12501383 | Enhanced radio resource management measurements |
| Applied: | 03/05/2022, #18/042854 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1382 days App to Issue] Normal range: (510 to 1672) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 145887 patents, 7142 companies, and 95985 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: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Eschweiler Potashnik, LLC |
| 1st Invent: | Jie Cui (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=6 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques discussed herein can facilitate enhanced radio resource management measurements for wireless technology including New Radio (NR). One example aspect is a baseband processor of a user equipment (UE), including one or more processors configured to receive a measurement link information state link information. The one or more processors are further configured to determine, from the measurement link information, a number of synchronization signal block based measurement timing configurations (SMTCs) (Y) per Rx beam of a number of receive (Rx) beams (N); generate at least one of a subset number of Rx beams (N{subscript}UE{/subscript}) of the number of Rx beams based on the measurement link information, or an increased number of SMTCs (Y{subscript}UE{/subscript}) of the number of SMTCs corresponding to the number of Rx beams; and perform radio resource management (RRM) measurements according to one or more of the subset number of Rx beams or the increased number of SMTCs. |
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| #12501565 | Cases and earbuds for providing information and electronic devices for receiving information |
| Applied: | 12/22/2022, #18/087694 |
| Issued: | 12/16/2025, [1090 days App to Issue] Normal range: (524 to 1458) |
| Pat Class: | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...] In this class there are; 43408 patents, 2971 companies, and 33062 inventors in 223 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 15; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 21) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 38762 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Hariharan Sukumar (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=6 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device can receive battery charge level information from two different devices and select, between the different devices, which information to use to generate and present battery information on a display of the electronic device. When two separate devices are transmitted by a case and an earbud (or earbuds), the electronic device can receive and select from one of two source based upon the state of the case and the state of the earbud(s). Alternatively, based upon the state of the case and the earbud(s), the electronic device can merge the information received from the case and the earbuds, while also determining from the merged information which respective device transmitted the respective information. Further, the case can provide battery information on behalf of the earbuds when the earbuds are in the case, and the respective radio circuits are shut down. Alternatively, the earbuds can provide battery information on behalf the case. |
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