Apple Inc.
🏢 View company profile →38,283Patents
37,214Active
38,283Granted
66Portfolio score
Filing activity: Apr 17, 1998 → Mar 31, 2025 · 4,649 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7663607B2 | Multipoint touchscreen | Physics | 3,274 | Active |
| US8479122B2 | Gestures for touch sensitive input devices | Physics | 1,959 | Active |
| US7479949B2 | Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics | Electricity | 1,853 | Active |
| US7653883B2 | Proximity detector in handheld device | Physics | 1,347 | Active |
| US7657849B2 | Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image | Electricity | 1,269 | Active |
| US7614008B2 | Operation of a computer with touch screen interface | Physics | 1,192 | Active |
| US7633076B2 | Automated response to and sensing of user activity in portable devices | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,085 | Active |
| USD781879S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | General | 1,069 | Active |
| USD803850S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | General | 1,051 | Active |
| US8279180B2 | Multipoint touch surface controller | Physics | 1,000 | Active |
| USD676866S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface | General | 986 | Active |
| USD790570S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | General | 985 | Active |
| US8381135B2 | Proximity detector in handheld device | Physics | 966 | Expired |
| USD771116S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface | General | 954 | Active |
| USD764498S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface | General | 868 | Active |
| USD774547S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface | General | 851 | Active |
| USD835659S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface | General | 850 | Active |
| USD851676S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | General | 838 | Active |
| US8239784B2 | Mode-based graphical user interfaces for touch sensitive input devices | Physics | 819 | Active |
| US8031094B2 | Touch controller with improved analog front end | Physics | 817 | Active |
| USD597101S1 | Animated image for a portion of a display screen | General | 794 | Expired |
| USD575793S1 | User interface for computer display | General | 791 | Expired |
| US7853813B2 | Anticipatory power management for battery-powered electronic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 757 | Active |
| US7469381B2 | List scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display | Electricity | 740 | Active |
| US7312785B2 | Method and apparatus for accelerated scrolling | Electricity | 729 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.