35 patent(s) in this week's alert:
Assignee Summary:| Patents | Owner |
| 35 | Apple |
| Patents | Class Code |
| 6 | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] |
| 6 | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] |
| 5 | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] |
| 4 | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] |
| 3 | H01Q [AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05...] |
| 2 | G10L [SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEEC...] |
| 2 | H04M [TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling othe...] |
| 2 | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] |
| 1 | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...] |
| 1 | H03F [AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric...] |
| 1 | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] |
| 1 | G01R [MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIAB...] |
| 1 | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] |
Details on individual patents:
| #12775031 | Backpower-resistant current sensing systems and methods |
| Applied: | 01/26/2023, #18/101945 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1370 days App to Issue] Normal range: (583 to 1583) |
| Pat Class: | G01R [MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIAB...] In this class there are; 53058 patents, 3020 companies, and 35688 inventors in 229 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Deepesh H Kamani (Swindon, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | This disclosure is directed towards systems and methods that may prevent backpowering of a voltage source during a current monitoring operation. In a first example circuit, a switch may be used to mitigate an offset voltage of an operational amplifier. In a second and third example, a resistor may be used to generate an opposing voltage to the offset voltage to mitigate the offset voltage of the operational amplifier. Other examples are described that may mitigate sensing dead zones of some of the solutions and/or that may mitigate temperature variations changing an effectiveness of the mitigation. |
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| #12775334 | Haptic response regularization for haptic buttons of portable electronic devices |
| Applied: | 09/25/2024, #18/896814 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [762 days App to Issue] Normal range: (542 to 1836) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 677430 patents, 21721 companies, and 436001 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Lei Zhang (Fremont, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user input component for an electronic device includes a haptic engine, a pressing surface, and a force sensor. The force sensor detects force applied by a user to the pressing surface and from this value and a spring constant of a supporting structure, an approximate displacement distance can be determined. The displacement distance can be used either directly or indirectly to select a drive current for a coil configured to provide haptic effect along the same direction of the user pressing force. |
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| #12775337 | Keyboard accessory for electronic device |
| Applied: | 02/01/2024, #18/430492 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [999 days App to Issue] Normal range: (542 to 1836) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 677430 patents, 21721 companies, and 436001 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Santhana K. Balaji (Campbell, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A modular electronic device system that can include a computing device in electronic communication with an input device. Various types of sensor contained in either or both of the computing device and input device are used to determine orientation and hinge angle between the computing device and input device. Input settings can be changed according to the data from the various sensors. The input device can also include an elongated tail that is configured to attach to the computing device. The elongated tail can allow multiple physical configurations for ease of use. |
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| #12775345 | Displaying a user interface based on activation of a rotatable and depressible input mechanism |
| Applied: | 01/13/2025, #19/018787 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [652 days App to Issue] Normal range: (542 to 1836) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 677430 patents, 21721 companies, and 436001 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 32; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: YHE Law LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Christopher Patrick Foss (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=10 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button. |
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| #12775463 | Hierarchical store queue circuit |
| Applied: | 04/10/2025, #19/175328 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [565 days App to Issue] Normal range: (542 to 1836) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 677430 patents, 21721 companies, and 436001 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Nikhil Gupta (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An apparatus includes a cache memory circuit, and a hierarchal store queue circuit that further includes a primary queue and a secondary queue. The hierarchal store queue circuit may be configured to write incoming store requests to the primary queue in response to the primary queue currently having capacity, and to write incoming store requests to the secondary queue in response to the primary queue currently not having capacity. The hierarchal store queue circuit may be further configured to commit store requests to the cache memory circuit from the primary queue but not from the secondary queue. In response to a determination that the primary queue currently has capacity, the hierarchal store queue circuit may perform a transfer of at least one store request from the secondary queue to the primary queue. |
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| #12775473 | Computer-generated reality platform for generating computer-generated reality environments |
| Applied: | 01/12/2024, #18/411363 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1019 days App to Issue] Normal range: (542 to 1836) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 677430 patents, 21721 companies, and 436001 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 22; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: YHE Law LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Helmut Garstenauer (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure relates to providing a computer-generated reality (CGR) platform for generating CGR environments including virtual and augmented reality environments. In some embodiments, information related to an object to be simulated and rendered in the CGR environment is provided to the CGR platform, and a three-dimensional representation of the object is displayed in the CGR environment. |
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| #12775679 | Relocalization for device finding |
| Applied: | 12/13/2022, #18/080730 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1414 days App to Issue] Normal range: (542 to 1836) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 677430 patents, 21721 companies, and 436001 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Benjamin A. Werner (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A method is provided that includes at each position of a plurality of positions along a trajectory of a first electronic device within an area: determining a range value corresponding to a distance between the first electronic device and a second electronic device, determining a pose of the first electronic device with respect to a reference coordinate system, and setting and storing an anchor point corresponding to the determined range value and pose. An update to an anchor point set for a current position of the first electronic device is received and the determined pose corresponding to one or more of the set anchor points is updated based on the update to the anchor point set for the current position of the first electronic device. A location of the second electronic device is estimated based on the range values and poses corresponding to the set anchor points. |
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| #12775972 | Two-layer bandit optimization for recommendations |
| Applied: | 05/16/2023, #18/318513 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1260 days App to Issue] Normal range: (505 to 2195) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 92075 patents, 12999 companies, and 151685 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 29) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Blank Rome LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Siyong Ma (Brookline, MA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=0 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A search interface is presented with a search query input component and a suggested results section. The suggested results section includes potential search results selected based on a likelihood of selection of each of the selectable items and a search session history corresponding to a historic selection of each of the selectable items from prior suggested result regions. |
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| #12775999 | Warping a frame based on pose and warping data |
| Applied: | 09/08/2022, #18/694355 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1510 days App to Issue] Normal range: (518 to 1510) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 59451 patents, 6792 companies, and 94959 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In some implementations, a device includes an environmental sensor, a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the environmental sensor, the display and the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes generating, at a first time, intermediate warping data for a warping operation to be performed on an application frame. In some implementations, the method includes obtaining, at a second time that occurs after the first time, via the environmental sensor, environmental data that indicates a pose of the device within a physical environment of the device. In some implementations, the method includes generating a warped application frame by warping the application frame in accordance with the pose of the device and the intermediate warping data. In some implementations, the method includes displaying the warped application frame on the display. |
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| #12776011 | Perspective correction with gravitational smoothing |
| Applied: | 09/01/2023, #18/241629 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1152 days App to Issue] Normal range: (518 to 1510) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 59451 patents, 6792 companies, and 94959 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf (Los Gatos, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In one implementation, a method of performing perspective correction is performed by a device including an image sensor, a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes capturing, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment. The method includes obtaining a depth map including a plurality of depths respectively associated with a plurality of pixels of the image of the physical environment. The method includes smoothing the depth map based on a world-fixed vector. The method includes transforming, using the one or more processors, the image of the physical environment based on the smoothed depth map. The method includes displaying, on the display, the transformed image. |
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| #12776076 | Distributed content rendering |
| Applied: | 02/25/2022, #18/280432 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1705 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (518 to 1510) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 59451 patents, 6792 companies, and 94959 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fernando Partners, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Richard P. Lozada (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In one implementation, a method of distributed content rendering is performed at a first device including a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes determining a pose of a virtual object in a volumetric environment. The method includes generating a request for content rendering instructions based on the pose of the virtual object. The method includes sending, to a second device, the request for the content rendering instructions. The method includes receiving, from the second device, the content rendering instructions. The method includes displaying, based on the content rendering instructions, a content rendering on the virtual object. |
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| #12776092 | Tiled processor communication fabric |
| Applied: | 12/20/2024, #18/989970 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [676 days App to Issue] Normal range: (518 to 1510) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 59451 patents, 6792 companies, and 94959 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Adam J. Smith (St Albans, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques are disclosed relating to processor communications fabrics. In some embodiments, a processor includes multiple client circuitry and fabric circuitry that includes at least first and second instances of a tile. The tile may include: client inputs configured to interface with client circuits, tile inputs configured to interface with one or more other tile instances, and communication resources that include internal links and outputs. The communication resources may be assignable to the client inputs and output and may include resources to satisfy all requests, in a given cycle, from one or more non-stallable channels supported by the apparatus. The communication resources may also include additional resources allocable, in a given cycle, to one or more stallable channels supported by the apparatus. Control circuitry may, in a given cycle, assign communication resources of a given tile instance to at least a portion of the client inputs and tile inputs for a next cycle, based on priority information. The control circuitry may update priority information based on assignment results. |
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| #12776104 | Attribute transfer function for re-meshed content with small or isolated mesh triangles and associated bit stream structure and syntax |
| Applied: | 11/22/2024, #18/956380 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [704 days App to Issue] Normal range: (518 to 1510) |
| Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] In this class there are; 59451 patents, 6792 companies, and 94959 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (11 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Khaled Mammou (Danville, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems and methods for performing an attribute transfer operation between an original version of three-dimensional visual volumetric content (e.g., an original mesh) and a second version of the three-dimensional visual volumetric content (e.g. a modified version of the original mesh) are disclosed. The original and modified versions of the three-dimensional visual volumetric content are sampled in 3D space to generate point clouds of samples for both the original and modified versions. Points with known attribute values included in the point cloud corresponding to the original version are associated with points in the second point cloud corresponding to the modified version. The attribute values of the points of the first point cloud and relative positions relative to the points of the second point cloud are used to calculate attribute values for an attribute map for the modified version of the three-dimensional visual volumetric content. |
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| #12776235 | Head mountable display |
| Applied: | 01/14/2025, #19/020673 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [651 days App to Issue] Normal range: (503 to 1457) |
| Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] In this class there are; 84823 patents, 4008 companies, and 47571 inventors in 227 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
| Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Edward S. Huo (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A head mountable device includes a front cover defining an external forward facing surface and a nasal bridge, a first rearward facing display, a second rearward facing display, a first forward facing camera, a second forward facing camera, and a controller electrically coupled to the first forward facing camera, the second forward facing camera, the first rearward facing display, and the second rearward facing display. The nasal bridge is disposed between the first forward facing camera and the second forward facing camera and the controller is configured to cause mixed reality video pass-through from the first forward facing camera to the first rearward facing display including a first image and from the second forward facing camera to the second rearward facing display including a second image. |
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| #12776308 | Bone conduction transducers for privacy |
| Applied: | 08/05/2024, #18/795015 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [813 days App to Issue] Normal range: (529 to 1745) |
| Pat Class: | G10L [SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEEC...] In this class there are; 27800 patents, 2116 companies, and 30782 inventors in 206 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Aikin Gallant, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Robert D. Silfvast (Belmont, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A method for routing audio content through an electronic device that is to be worn by a user. The method obtains a communication and determines whether the communication is private. In response to determining that the communication is private, the method drives a bone conduction transducer of the electronic device with an audio signal associated with the communication. In response to determining that the communication is not private, however, the method drives a speaker of the electronic device with the audio signal. |
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| #12776313 | Contextual response suggestions using secondary electronic device |
| Applied: | 09/26/2023, #18/373211 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1127 days App to Issue] Normal range: (529 to 1745) |
| Pat Class: | G10L [SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEEC...] In this class there are; 27800 patents, 2116 companies, and 30782 inventors in 206 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 39; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: YHE Law LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Alan S. Hshieh (Santa Clara, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=7 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems and processes for contextual message suggestions are provided. In some embodiments, a first electronic device receives a message, and determines a response message based on the received message. In some embodiments, the first electronic device causes a prompt to be provided at a second electronic device, wherein the prompt includes the received message and an indication of the response message. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that an input responsive to the prompt is received from the second electronic device, the first electronic device transmits the response message in accordance with a determination that the received input corresponds to an acceptance of the prompt. In some embodiments, in accordance with the determination that the input is received, the first electronic device forgoes transmission of the response message in accordance with a determination that the received input corresponds to denial of the prompt. |
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| #12776563 | Electronic device with antenna overlapping inactive display region |
| Applied: | 06/04/2024, #18/733744 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [875 days App to Issue] Normal range: (531 to 1493) |
| Pat Class: | H01Q [AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05...] In this class there are; 28361 patents, 1696 companies, and 17252 inventors in 209 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Charles A Lynch (Austin, TX) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=8 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device may be provided with a sidewall, a rear wall, a cover layer mounted to the sidewall, and a display panel mounted to the cover layer. A conductive mesh may be layered onto the cover layer within a gap between the panel and the sidewall. The device may include an antenna with a radiating cavity and a radiating slot overlapping the radiating cavity. The radiating slot may have opposing edges defined by the conductive mesh and the display panel. The radiating cavity may have edges defined by the sidewall, the display panel, the conductive mesh, the rear wall, and an air loop gasket. The radiating cavity and the radiating slot may be fed by a coplanar waveguide that overlaps the radiating slot. |
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| #12776577 | Electronic device having antenna fed via speaker |
| Applied: | 08/30/2023, #18/458671 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1154 days App to Issue] Normal range: (531 to 1493) |
| Pat Class: | H01Q [AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05...] In this class there are; 28361 patents, 1696 companies, and 17252 inventors in 209 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Yiren Wang (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=8 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element formed from a segment of peripheral conductive housing structures. A speaker may be aligned with first openings in the segment. A vent may be aligned with second openings in the segment. A connector may protrude through the segment. A trace combiner for the antenna may be patterned onto the speaker and may be coupled to the segment. Tuners for the antenna may be disposed on first and second flexible printed circuits that extend along opposing sides of the connector. The tuners may be controlled through the speaker. The second flexible printed circuit may extend along the vent. The vent may have a vent cowling with a cut-out region next to the tuner on the second flexible printed circuit. |
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| #12776751 | Amplifier circuitry with reconfigurable matching for power backoff |
| Applied: | 09/27/2024, #18/900275 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [760 days App to Issue] Normal range: (461 to 1239) |
| Pat Class: | H03F [AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric...] In this class there are; 12436 patents, 698 companies, and 7877 inventors in 140 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 25) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Kefei Wu (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Wireless circuitry may be provided with amplifier circuitry that includes a set of amplifiers on first and second signal lines and matching circuitry that couples the set of amplifiers to an output. The matching circuitry may include a transformer having a primary winding that extends between the signal lines and a secondary winding that extends between the output and a first terminal. The matching circuitry may include first and second capacitors coupled between the signal lines. The amplifier circuitry may be operable in a full power mode and a reduced power mode. The matching circuitry may include a first switch coupled between the first and second capacitors, a second switch that couples the first terminal to ground, and a third switch that couples a second terminal on the secondary winding to ground. The first, second, and third switches may be adjusted between the full and reduced power modes. |
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| #12776756 | Phase shifter with periodic cells |
| Applied: | 09/29/2023, #18/478118 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1124 days App to Issue] Normal range: (531 to 1493) |
| Pat Class: | H01Q [AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05...] In this class there are; 28361 patents, 1696 companies, and 17252 inventors in 209 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 24) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FLETCHER YODER PC |
| 1st Invent: | Tarek Khedr Abdalla Mealy (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A phase shifter circuit may include a multiple phase shifter cells (or cells) to selectively shift a phase of an input signal by a desired phase shift value. For example, each of the phase shifter cells may shift the phase of the input signal by a positive fractional phase shift value or a negative fractional phase shift value. The phase shifter cells may include circuitry to form an inductor-capacitor circuit to provide the negative fractional phase shift value and form a capacitor-inductor circuit to provide the positive fractional phase shift value. The phase shifter cells may receive control signals to form the inductor-capacitor circuit and the capacitor-inductor circuit. An electronic device may include multiple phase shifter circuits to adjust a phase of transmission signals and/or reception signals of phased array antennas. |
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| #12776813 | Machine learning for CSI feedback considering polarizations |
| Applied: | 08/10/2023, #19/101942 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1174 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1767) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 89113 patents, 3844 companies, and 49054 inventors in 232 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Eschweiler Potashnik, LLC |
| 1st Invent: | Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure relates to machine learning for CSI feedback considering polarizations. In an aspect, a wireless device, 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 processor is configured to generate at least one matrix related to CSI feedback, wherein each matrix of the at least one matrix corresponds to one spatial layer of at least one spatial layer at the wireless device, and for each of the at least one matrix, the matrix comprises a plurality of vectors in a first dimension, a number of said plurality of vectors is the same as a size of a second dimension of the matrix, a number of elements in each of said plurality of vectors is the same as a size of the first dimension of the matrix, and said plurality of vectors belong to at least two groups, each group of vectors are associated with a same polarization of at least one antenna of a cellular base station, and said plurality of vectors are associated with two different polarizations of the at least one antenna of the cellular base station, wherein each of the at least one matrix is arranged by arranging said plurality of vectors in the first dimension according to the polarizations such that vectors associated with a same polarization are arranged next to each other; obtain an output from processing the arranged at least one matrix using a neural network (NN); and transmit, via the at least one radio, information indicating the output to the cellular base station. |
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| #12776817 | Apparatus and method for beam reporting, beam indication and scheduling of data transmission during beam management |
| Applied: | 06/29/2023, #18/216555 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1216 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1767) |
| Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] In this class there are; 89113 patents, 3844 companies, and 49054 inventors in 232 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. |
| 1st Invent: | Guotong Wang (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments of the present disclosure describe apparatuses, methods and machine-readable storage medium for beam reporting, beam indication and scheduling of data transmission during beam management. |
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| #12776865 | Aggregated retransmission schemes |
| Applied: | 10/23/2020, #18/249309 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [2195 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (516 to 1744) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 219390 patents, 13686 companies, and 244805 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 10; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Eschweiler Potashnik, LLC |
| 1st Invent: | Chunhai Yao (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for supporting aggregated retransmissions. In one example, a method includes receiving control information that indicates resources including one or more slots for communication of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission that includes at least one PDSCH/PUSCH retransmission A slot group to which a selected one of the one or more slots belongs is identified. The method includes configuring operation to receive the PDSCH transmission or to transmit the PUSCH transmission based on the resources. In response to determining that a PDSCH/PUSCH retransmission of the PDSCH/PUSCH transmission is scheduled for a slot outside the identified slot group, operation is configured to provide hybrid automatic repetition request (HARQ) feedback based on PDSCH/PUSCH retransmissions scheduled for slots within the identified slot group, wherein the HARQ feedback is not based on PDSCH/PUSCH scheduled for slots outside the identified slot group. |
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| #12776889 | Method and system for time-aligned media playback |
| Applied: | 06/09/2025, #19/232786 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [505 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (516 to 1744) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 219390 patents, 13686 companies, and 244805 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Aikin Gallant, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Stephen E. Pinto (Mountain View, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A method performed by a first electronic device. The method generates, at the first electronic device that is sharing a global clock with a second electronic device, a first timebase information that includes a first timebase that defines a relationship between the shared clock and an internal clock of the first electronic device, the first timebase information for synchronizing playback of a first piece of media content associated with a first application between the first and second electronic devices. The method receives, from a second application, a second timebase information that includes a second timebase that defines a relationship between the first timebase and a second piece of media content, generates a third timebase information that includes the first timebase and the second timebase, and transmits the third timebase information to the second electronic device. |
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| #12776936 | Phase tracking reference signal configuration |
| Applied: | 08/09/2023, #18/447243 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1175 days App to Issue] Normal range: (516 to 1744) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 219390 patents, 13686 companies, and 244805 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to support eight transmission operation for user equipments. |
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| #12777110 | Handheld electronic device |
| Applied: | 09/06/2024, #18/827605 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [781 days App to Issue] Normal range: (492 to 1912) |
| Pat Class: | H04M [TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling othe...] In this class there are; 43701 patents, 2979 companies, and 33963 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Christopher J. Durning (Halifax, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=8 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A mobile phone may include a housing including a wall segment, the wall segment defining a through-hole extending therethrough, the wall segment including a cladding portion formed from a first metal. The cladding portion may define a portion of a side exterior surface of the mobile phone, and a first portion of the through-hole. The wall segment may further include a core portion coupled to the cladding portion and formed from a second metal different from the first metal, the core portion defining a counterbore hole extending through the core portion and aligned with the through-hole, and a lining structure formed of the first metal and positioned in the counterbore hole in the core portion and fused to the cladding portion at a fusion region, the lining structure defining a second portion of the through-hole. |
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| #12777117 | Crash detection user interface |
| Applied: | 09/01/2023, #18/241747 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1152 days App to Issue] Normal range: (492 to 1912) |
| Pat Class: | H04M [TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling othe...] In this class there are; 43701 patents, 2979 companies, and 33963 inventors in 214 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 48; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 29) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: YHE Law LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Christopher D. Lauritzen (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for initiating communication in the event of a crash. |
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| #12777336 | Unlicensed band management control indicators |
| Applied: | 04/26/2021, #17/302146 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [2010 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (534 to 1684) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 158307 patents, 7326 companies, and 100011 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Tianyan Pu (Cupertino, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=7 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth. |
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| #12777362 | Systems, methods, and devices for out-of-order delivery with multiple RLC entities |
| Applied: | 01/17/2024, #18/415103 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1014 days App to Issue] Normal range: (534 to 1684) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 158307 patents, 7326 companies, and 100011 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Eschweiler Potashnik, LLC |
| 1st Invent: | Ralf Rossbach (Munich, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The techniques described herein may include a device, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the device to: communicate, via a wireless communication network, information as in-order traffic using an in-order radio link control (RLC) entity; and communicate, via the wireless communication network, information as out-of-order traffic using an out-of-order RLC entity. The in-order traffic and the out-of-order traffic may be communicated using the same data radio bearer (DRB). The out-of-order traffic may include selective out-of-order delivery (OOD) or per-packet OOD. Additional examples, features and other techniques are also described herein. |
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| #12777411 | Technologies for signal level enhanced network selection |
| Applied: | 10/25/2023, #18/494661 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1098 days App to Issue] Normal range: (534 to 1684) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 158307 patents, 7326 companies, and 100011 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Vivek G. Gupta (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present application relates to devices and components including apparatuses, systems, and methods for signal level enhanced network selection. |
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| #12777478 | Configured grant based uplink transmissions in wireless communication |
| Applied: | 09/14/2023, #18/467001 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1139 days App to Issue] Normal range: (534 to 1684) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 158307 patents, 7326 companies, and 100011 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Hong He (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The exemplary embodiments relate to determining that code block group (CBG) based transmissions are enabled, transmitting, via an unlicensed spectrum, configured grants comprising one or more CBG based transmissions and one or more transport block (TB) based transmissions and receiving a downlink feedback information (DFI) downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the DFI DCI format comprises a hybrid automatic repeating request (HARQ) bitmap corresponding to the TB based transmissions and a HARQ bitmap corresponding to the CBG based transmissions. The exemplary embodiments may be implemented in a computer readable storage medium, a user equipment (UE) or an integrated circuit. |
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| #12777490 | Reporting supported component carriers for physical downlink control channel monitoring capabilities |
| Applied: | 06/03/2020, #17/998181 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [2337 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (516 to 1744) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 219390 patents, 13686 companies, and 244805 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Hong He (San Jose, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) reports capabilities to a network. The UE receives a request from a network for radio access capabilities of the UE, determines one or more radio access capabilities related to a supported number of component carriers (CCs) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring by the UE, generates the message that includes the one or more radio access capabilities of the UE and transmits the message to the network. |
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| #12777498 | Indication of phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports association with demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports |
| Applied: | 07/31/2023, #18/362020 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1184 days App to Issue] Normal range: (534 to 1684) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 158307 patents, 7326 companies, and 100011 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (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 | Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for supporting the transmission of phase tracking reference signals (PTRS) based on an association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports for a user equipment (UE) having multiple uplink (UL) antenna elements. The UE can receive a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports. The association field can have a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE including the number of UL antenna elements. The UE can further determine a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture. |
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| #12777546 | Systems, methods, and devices for UE-assisted privacy-aware data-driven NW control |
| Applied: | 11/10/2023, #18/506243 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [1082 days App to Issue] Normal range: (534 to 1684) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 158307 patents, 7326 companies, and 100011 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: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Eschweiler Potashnik, LLC |
| 1st Invent: | Said Medjkouh (San Diego, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=3 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Solutions for user equipment (UE) assisted privacy-aware data-driven network (NW) control. UEs, base stations, an aggregation and analysis system, and a data-driven NW control unit may coordinate and communicate with one another to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of a wireless communication network by implementing machine learning tools and exchanging information in a manner that enables the training, development, and use of models. Information of various levels of privacy may be exchanged, protected, anonymized, etc., to enable UE-assisted privacy-aware data-driven NW control while still protecting the privacy of individual users. |
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| #12777620 | Electronic devices including an indicium with a thermal conduit |
| Applied: | 02/13/2024, #18/440856 |
| Issued: | 10/27/2026, [987 days App to Issue] Normal range: (532 to 1458) |
| Pat Class: | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...] In this class there are; 45791 patents, 3075 companies, and 34835 inventors in 224 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 21) |
| Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 41394 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER |
| 1st Invent: | Andrew N. Peterman (San Francisco, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=9 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An indicium (e.g., logo) for an electronic device includes multiple layers of material bonded together, with at least one of the layers having a relatively higher thermal conductivity than the other layers. Using the layer with the higher thermal conductivity, the indicium may direct heat away from a heat-generating component and distribute the heat to a housing of the electronic device. In order to provide a particular appearance, the indicium may include a layer that covers the relatively higher thermally conductive layer. Based on the higher thermally conductive layer, the indicium may limit or prevent heat flow through the layer covering the thermally conductive layer. |
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