Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Scott Forstall

314Patents
56h-index
162Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 31, 1997 → Feb 22, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7479949B2 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics Electricity 1,853 Active
US7657849B2 Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image Electricity 1,269 Active
US7996792B2 Voicemail manager for portable multifunction device Electricity 362 Active
US7650137B2 Account information display for portable communication device Electricity 331 Expired
US7694231B2 Keyboards for portable electronic devices Physics 331 Active
US7812826B2 Portable electronic device with multi-touch input Physics 305 Active
US7480870B2 Indication of progress towards satisfaction of a user input condition Electricity 273 Active
US7509588B2 Portable electronic device with interface reconfiguration mode Electricity 246 Active
US8106856B2 Portable electronic device for photo management Electricity 239 Active
US8311526B2 Location-based categorical information services Electricity 232 Active
US7864163B2 Portable electronic device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying structured electronic documents Electricity 193 Active
US6253228A Method and apparatus for updating and synchronizing information between a client and a server Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 192 Expired
US7421690B2 Threaded presentation of electronic mail Electricity 190 Expired
US7954064B2 Multiple dashboards Physics 188 Active
US8046721B2 Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image Electricity 186 Active
US8564544B2 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons Electricity 173 Active
US7786975B2 Continuous scrolling list with acceleration Physics 167 Active
US7849141B1 Training a computer storage system for automatic filing of data using graphical representations of storage locations Electricity 153 Active
US7940250B2 Web-clip widgets on a portable multifunction device Electricity 146 Active
US7596761B2 Application user interface with navigation bar showing current and prior application contexts Physics 145 Active
US7707514B2 Management of user interface elements in a display environment Electricity 140 Active
US7934156B2 Deletion gestures on a portable multifunction device Electricity 137 Active
US10241752B2 Interface for a virtual digital assistant Physics 133 Active
US8082523B2 Portable electronic device with graphical user interface supporting application switching Electricity 129 Active
US8175802B2 Adaptive route guidance based on preferences Physics 125 Active

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