Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Colin M. Ely

138Patents
35h-index
140Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 2, 2012 → Feb 22, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD752044S1 Housing for an electronic device General 181 Active
US9620312B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 133 Active
US9753436B2 Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device Electricity 131 Active
US10019097B2 Force-detecting input structure Electricity 98 Active
US10331082B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 97 Active
US9627163B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 95 Active
US10048802B2 Rejection of false turns of rotary inputs for electronic devices Physics 93 Active
US10222909B2 Rejection of false turns of rotary inputs for electronic devices Physics 87 Active
US10331081B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 87 Active
US10296125B2 Force-detecting input structure Electricity 85 Active
US10175652B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 85 Active
US9836025B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 84 Active
US10216147B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 82 Active
US9709956B1 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 73 Active
US9971305B2 Tactile switch for an electronic device Electricity 73 Active
USD778912S1 Crown for electronic device General 72 Active
USD695316S1 Housing for an electronic device General 72 Active
US9952558B2 Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms Electricity 67 Active
US10664074B2 Contact-sensitive crown for an electronic watch Physics 66 Active
US10018966B2 Cover member for an input mechanism of an electronic device Physics 65 Active
US9886006B2 Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device Electricity 65 Active
USD764434S1 Component for an electronic device General 63 Active
USD813239S1 Crown for electronic device General 59 Active
US10145711B2 Optical encoder with direction-dependent optical properties having an optically anisotropic region to produce a first and a second light distribution Physics 57 Active
US10037006B2 Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms Electricity 56 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.