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APPLE INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    46,198
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    29
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 11.0%
About

APPLE INC has a total of 46,198 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 11.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1992. It filed its patents most often in United States, China and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, telecommunications and digital networks are LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD, LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD and LENOVO BEIJING LTD.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing APPLE INCs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing APPLE INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Lemay Stephen O 1,216
#2 Chaudhri Imran 1,075
#3 Van Os Marcel 1,023
#4 Yang Lawrence Y 680
#5 Dye Alan C 652
#6 Ording Bas 603
#7 Ive Jonathan P 568
#8 Forstall Scott 543
#9 Karunamuni Chanaka G 540
#10 Zhang Dawei 519

Latest patents

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