How many patents does
Apple have?
patents
70,036
families
14,599
granted
23,928
applications
46,108
US
36,752
CN
6,178
WO
5,063
EP
4,758
KR
3,641
JP
2,593
GB
660
RoW
10,391
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Apple
Top ten assignees appearing on patents
2009 - 2018
| apple | 56519 |
| nortel networks | 996 |
| luxvue technology corporation | 306 |
| primesense | 239 |
| rockstar bidco | 171 |
| cvon innovations | 149 |
| metaio | 147 |
| beats electronics | 93 |
| freescale semiconductor | 92 |
| anobit technologies | 89 |
2009
| apple | 2028 |
| nortel networks | 142 |
| cvon innovations | 57 |
| anobit technologies | 26 |
| novell | 23 |
| freescale semiconductor | 19 |
| kodak | 16 |
| strands | 15 |
| p.a. semi | 11 |
| sagem communications | 8 |
2018
| apple | 6081 |
| glassimetal technology | 13 |
| powerbyproxi | 12 |
| kiss, krisztian | 8 |
| nortel networks | 7 |
| next issue media | 5 |
| fagans, joshua | 3 |
| rockstar bidco | 3 |
| lg display company | 3 |
| emcloy technologies | 3 |
Apple
The top ten patent families are
|
Title of patent family (most common patent title) |
Family members |
Filing year |
|---|---|---|
| touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by ap… 🛈 | 265 | 2006 |
| device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying additional information in re… 🛈 | 173 | 2012 |
| method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digita… 🛈 | 161 | 2002 |
| graphical user interface for providing lists of locations for a map application in a por… 🛈 | 152 | 2007 |
| rotation operations in a mapping application | 146 | 2012 |
| method of transferring a micro device | 132 | 2011 |
| intelligent automated assistant | 128 | 2010 |
| component assembly | 116 | 2010 |
| handheld device enclosure | 109 | 2010 |
| touch screen liquid crystal display | 108 | 2006 |