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Case 5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document 3647 Filed 04/09/18 Page 1 of 3
1 ERIK J. OLSON (CA SBN 175815) WILLIAM F. LEE (pro hac vice)
ejolson@mofo.com william.lee@wilmerhale.com
2 NATHAN B. SABRI (CA SBN 252216) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
nsabri@mofo.com HALE AND DORR LLP
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MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 60 State Street
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San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: (617) 526-6000
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HALE AND DORR LLP
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Apple Inc.
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ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New UNDER SEAL
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APPLE’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL
CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK
1 In accordance with Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5, Apple Inc. (“Apple”) submits this
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Seal Confidentiality
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Exhibit B to the Selwyn The portions highlighted in Samsung
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Declaration in Support of the version of the document
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As set forth in the Declaration of Mark D. Selwyn in Support of Apple’s Administrative
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Motion to File Document Under Seal (“Sealing Decl.”), Exhibit B of the Selwyn Declaration in
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Support of Apple’s Motion in Limine #2 contains information that defendants Samsung
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Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and/or Samsung Telecommunications
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America, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”) may consider confidential. Sealing Decl. ¶ 3. Apple
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expects that Samsung will file the required supporting declaration in accordance with Civil Local
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Rule 79-5 as necessary to confirm whether the information contained in the aforementioned
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document should be sealed. Id. ¶ 4.
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Apple does not file a redacted version of the aforementioned document containing
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Samsung confidential information in accordance with the Court’s Order requiring the parties to
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meet and confer before filing public redacted documents. Dkt. No. 2934 (Jan. 29, 2014).
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DECLARATION OF MARK D. SELWYN IN SUPPORT OF APPLE’S ADMIN MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL
1 I, Mark D. Selwyn, hereby declare:
2 1. I am an attorney admitted to practice in the State of California, the
3 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the State of New York, and am a member of the Bar of
4 this Court. I am a partner at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel
5 for Apple Inc. (“Apple”) in the above-captioned matter. I make this declaration based upon my
6 personal knowledge and/or investigation of the facts set forth herein. If called to testify, I could
7 and would testify competently to the facts stated herein.
8 2. Pursuant to Local Rule 79-5, I submit this declaration in support of Apple’s
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10 3. Exhibit B to my Declaration in Support of Apple’s Motion in Limine #2 contains
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19 6. Accordingly, Apple requests that Apple’s Administrative Motion to File
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

APPLE INC., a California corporation, CASE NO. 11-cv-01846-LHK

Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
APPLE’S MOTION TO FILE
vs. DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a
Korean business entity; SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New
York corporation; SAMSUNG
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
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Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING APPLE’S
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL
1 WHEREAS, Apple Inc. (“Apple”) has filed an administrative motion for leave to file
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3 Having considered said motion, and for good cause shown, the Court GRANTS Apple’s
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5 Document Portions to be Filed Under Seal
6 Exhibit B to the Selwyn Declaration in The portions highlighted in the version of
Support of Apple’s Motion in Limine #2 the document Apple will file with the Court
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ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL
1 ERIK J. OLSON (CA SBN 175815) WILLIAM F. LEE

NATHAN B. SABRI (CA SBN 252216)
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MARK D. SELWYN (SBN 244180)
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Attorneys for Plaintiff and WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
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Plaintiff, APPLE INC.’S NOTICE OF MOTION
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a Korean
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AMERICA, INC., a New York corporation; and Time: 1:30 p.m.
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AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability Judge: Hon. Lucy H. Koh
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APPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE #2 TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE OF UNASSERTED PATENTS
1 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION
2 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
3 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 3, 2018, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 8, United
4 States District Court for the Northern District of California, Robert F. Peckham Federal Building,
5 280 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113, Apple Inc. shall and hereby does move for an order,
6 pursuant to the Court’s Groundhog Day rules and Federal Rules of Evidence 401, 402, and 403,
7 to exclude evidence, testimony, and argument regarding any patents other than prior art and the
8 five infringed patents for which Apple seeks damages at the May 2018 trial.
9 This motion is based on this notice of motion and supporting brief; the Declaration of
10 Mark Selwyn in Support of Apple’s Motion in Limine; and such other written or oral argument as
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APPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE #2 TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE OF UNASSERTED PATENTS
1 The Court has previously excluded evidence and argument regarding unasserted, non-
2 prior art patents. E.g., Dkt. 1456 at 4 (sustaining objection to Samsung opening slides discussing
3 “not asserted” patents as “likely to cause undue confusion for the jury and to waste time”); Dkt.
4 1650 at 2 (excluding testimony regarding “patents not asserted in this litigation” under FRE 402
5 and 403 because “not relevant to any issue in this case”). Samsung has again indicated, however,
6 that it intends to offer evidence and testimony regarding several unasserted patents in ways that
7 are irrelevant, confusing, and prejudicial to Apple. Pursuant to the Court’s Groundhog Day rules
8 and FRE 402 and 403, the Court should exclude from trial any evidence or testimony regarding
9 patents other than prior art and the five infringed patents for which the jury will award damages.
10 A. Unasserted Apple Patents Are Irrelevant To Identifying The AOMs Or

Calculating Damages, And Would Unfairly Prejudice Apple.
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During the recent discovery period, Samsung and its design expert have catalogued over
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225 unasserted Apple design and utility patents. Selwyn Decl., Ex. A, Lucente Rpt. Exs. 5-6; id.,
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Ex. B at 13, 31, 51. These patents have no relevance to identifying the AOMs to which Samsung
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applied Apple’s D’677, D’087, and D’305 designs or to calculating the profits Samsung made
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from those AOMs. Moreover, examples of how Samsung has sought to use these other Apple
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patents show just how unfair and prejudicial it would be to allow them before the jury.
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patents relating to the iPhone are relevant to Factor 1—the scope of the claimed design—because
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they supposedly “confirm” or “corroborate” the limited scope of the D’677, D’087, and D’305
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patents. E.g., Selwyn Decl., Ex. B at 3, 21, 39; Dkt. 3592-25, Lucente Rpt. ¶ 153 (existence of
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other Apple design patents “confirm[s] the limited scope” of the D’305 patent); see id. ¶¶ 94-95.
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patents have no bearing on the scope of those claims. In fact, the Court has already “exclude[d]
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non-prior art Apple or Samsung design patents” (Dkt. 1267 at 3) because they are not relevant “to
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determin[ing] the scope of the patent[s] at issue.” Dkt. 1272 at 129-130; see Dkt. 1519 at 2. Mr.
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1 D’305 patents, and that “patentees use this practice of ‘partial claiming’ … to increase the
2 chances that at least one of their patents will be found infringed” (Dkt. 3592-25, Lucente Rpt.
3 ¶ 95; see id. ¶¶ 182-183) are wholly irrelevant to identifying the AOMs and prejudicial to Apple.
4 Samsung also cites Apple’s unasserted design and utility patents for Factors 2-4 because
5 they allegedly support Samsung’s contention that “smartphones embody hundreds of thousands of
6 discrete innovations.” Dkt. 3592-25, Lucente Rpt. ¶ 238; see id. ¶¶ 291-292; Selwyn Decl., Ex. B
7 at 4, 5, 9, 22-23, 27, 40-42, 47. But to the extent other designs or technologies are relevant to the
8 analysis, Samsung can make that point by discussing the Samsung phones without reference to
9 Apple’s unasserted patents. Further, Samsung has provided no analysis showing that the
10 Samsung phones practice the unasserted Apple patents; without that connection, there is no basis
11 to discuss the other Apple patents for Factors 2-4—which focus on the relationship between the
12 D’677, D’087, and D’305 designs and Samsung’s infringing phones. Any alleged relevance of
13 Apple’s unasserted patents would be heavily outweighed by the risk of confusion and prejudice.
14 Not Relevant To Calculating Damages. Samsung also mentions other Apple design and
15 utility patents to suggest that the damages for Samsung’s infringement of the D’677, D’087, and
16 D’305 patents should be reduced to account for other inventions. Dkt. 3594-06, Wagner Rpt.
17 ¶¶ 548-561. But Mr. Wagner does not use Apple’s unasserted patents to calculate Samsung’s
18 profits on the alleged AOMs; he concedes they are “[u]nrelated to the AOMs.” Id. at p. 253. Mr.
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20 calculations because “[t]he fact that Apple patented many different design aspects of the iPhone
21 itself and different screens demonstrates that the AOMs at issue are only a portion of the value of
22 the design of the entire phone.” Id. ¶ 559. This type of apportionment is contrary to law. See
23 Dkt. 1157 at 9. Even if it were not, any discussion of Apple’s unasserted patents—which are not
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against third parties utility patents unrelated to the AOMs at issue. The existence of these patents
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1 Unfairly Prejudicial And Improperly Inviting Jury To Question Policy Implications
2 Of § 289. The manner in which Samsung has sought to use unasserted Apple patents—primarily
3 to suggest it would be “unfair” to award Samsung’s total profits on the infringing phones for the
4 three asserted patents—demonstrates just how prejudicial it would be to Apple if this irrelevant
5 evidence were put before the jury. For example, Samsung’s counsel asked one Apple design
6 expert to imagine “two patents by two different owners” both infringed by the same Samsung
7 phones, and asked: “[I]s it fair that Samsung would have to give all of its profits for those phones
8 to both owners?” Selwyn Decl., Ex. C at 123-124. Similarly, at the Daubert hearing, Samsung’s
9 counsel tried to disparage Apple’s other design expert by saying, “[she] would tell you that [a
10 design patent on a single icon] is applied to the whole phone.” Dkt. 3643 at 34. These examples
11 call for legal conclusions regarding the application of § 289 to facts other than those the jury will
12 be asked to consider—or worse, invite the jury to reconsider the policy implications of § 289,
13 rather than simply follow the law as instructed by the Court. Samsung should be barred from
14 using Apple’s unasserted patents to make these or similar “fairness” arguments at trial.
15 B. Samsung and Third-Party Patents Are Also Irrelevant And Prejudicial.
16 Samsung has also identified several Samsung and third-party patents. Selwyn Decl., Ex.
17 B at 13, 14, 31, 32, 51, 52. For example, Mr. Lucente discusses statistics regarding the number of
18 patents a smartphone could potentially practice, “thousands of patents related solely to wireless
19 communication standards,” and the number of U.S. patents granted to Samsung from 2006 to
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21 Similarly, Mr. Wagner provides a lengthy discussion of standard-essential patents, which he does
22 not use to calculate damages but calls “corroborating” evidence (of what, it is unclear). Dkt.
23 3594-06, at p. 228, ¶¶ 548-557. The Samsung and third-party patents have no relevance to the
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evidence” that Samsung did not seek to “copy Apple’s designs.” Dkt. 3592-25, ¶ 361. But
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MOTION IN LIMINE #2
1 I, Mark D. Selwyn, hereby declare as follows:
2 1. I am a partner at the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP,
3 counsel for Apple Inc. (“Apple”) in the above-captioned case. I am licensed to practice law in
4 the State of California, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the State of New York, and am
5 admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. I am
6 familiar with the facts set forth herein, and, if called as a witness, I could and would testify
7 competently to those facts under oath.
8 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A are true and correct copies of Exhibits 5 and 6 to the
9 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.
10 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Samsung’s Second
11 Supplemental Objections and Responses to Plaintiff Apple Inc.’s First Set of Interrogatories
12 Regarding Article of Manufacture, served on December 21, 2017.
13 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the
14 transcript of the February 13, 2018 deposition of Alan Ball.
15 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of a November 15, 2012
16 blog post titled “Software Patents and the Smartphone” from prawfsblawg.blogs.com, cited in
17 the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.
18 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of an August 3, 2011 blog
19 post titled “When Patents Attack Android” from googleblog.blogspot.com, cited in the 2018
20 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.
21 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of an October 17, 2011
22 blog post titled “One In Six Active U.S. Patents Pertain To The Smartphone” from project-
23 disco.org, cited in the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucenete.
24 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of a 2016 article titled
25 “Are Patent Trade Wars Impeding Innovation and Development?” from World Patent
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1 9. Attached hereto as Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of a 2016 blog post titled
2 “Mobile Patents Landscape 2016” from chetansharma.com, cited in the 2018 Expert Report of
3 Sam Lucenete.
4 10. Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of an article titled “LTE
5 Standard Essential Patents Now and in the Future” from Article One Partners, as produced by
6 Samsung at SAMNDCA30011460 and cited in the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucenete.
7 11. Attached hereto as Exhibit J is a true and correct copy of a report titled
8 “Patenting by Organizations 2006” from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, cited in
9 the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.
10 12. Attached hereto as Exhibit K is a true and correct copy of a report titled “Top 300
11 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2016” from the IPO, cited in the 2018 Expert Report of
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EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT 5
Apple Design Patents

Title Patent Number Filing Date Issue Date Claim Inventor Name(s) Starting Bates Number Patent Drawings[1]
ELECTRONIC US D558,756 S Jan. 5, 2007 Jan. 1, 2008 We claim the ornamental Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373540
DEVICE design for an electronic Daniel J. Coster;
device, substantially as Daniele De Iuliis;
shown and described. Richard P. Howarth;
Jonathan P. Ive; Steve
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Kerr; Shin Nishibori;
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Douglas B.
Satzger; Calvin Q.
Seid; Christopher J.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D558,758 S Jan. 5, 2007 Jan. 1, 2008 We claim the ornamental Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373544
shown and described. Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Satzger; Calvin Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D580,387 S Jan. 5, 2007 Nov. 11, 2008 We claim the ornamental Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373548
shown and described. Richard P.;Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Satzger; Calvin Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D581,922 S Jun. 30, 2007 Dec. 2, 2008 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373552
DEVICE for an electronic device, Daniel J. Coste;
substantially as shown Daniele De Iuliis;
and described. Richard P.Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrhach; Douglas B.
Satzger; Calvin Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D586,800 S Jun. 30, 2007 Feb. 17, 2009 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373556
DEVICE for an electronic device, Daniel J. Coster;
as shown and described. Daniele De Iuliis;
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Satzger; Calvin Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D602,015 S Apr. 7, 2008 Oct. 13, 2009 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373584
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Christopher J. Stringer;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D601,558 S Feb. 13, 2009 Oct. 6, 2009 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373620
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Douglas
B.Satzger; Calvin Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D602,016 S Jun. 6, 2009 Oct. 13, 2009 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373624
Richard P.Howarth;
Jobs;Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang;
Rico;Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D600,241 S Apr. 18, 2008 Sep. 15, 2009 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373631
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach;
Peter;Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D602,017 S Sep.5, 2008 Oct. 13, 2009 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373646
Evans Hankey;
Richard PHowarth;
Jonathan P. Ive;
Duncan Robert Kerr;
Shin Nishibori;
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Christopher J.Stringer;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D634,319 S Jun. 21, 2010 Mar. 15, 2011 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373656
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Douglas B
Satzger; Calvin Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D613,736 S May 12, 2009 Apr. 13, 2010 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373660
Richard P.Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Satzger; Calvin;Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D615,083 S Jun. 5, 2008 May 4, 2010 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373675
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D620,004 S Sep. 10, 2009 Jul. 20, 2010 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373679
Richard P.Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony;
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D622,720 S Jun. 9, 2008 Aug. 31, 2010 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373684
Richard P.Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D624,072 S Sep. 23, 2009 Sep. 21, 2010 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373696
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D627,343 S Sep. 15, 2009 Nov. 16, 2010 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373700
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Satzger; Calvin Q.
Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D627,778 S Apr. 19, 2010 Nov. 23, 2010 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA00373704
DEVICE for an electronic device, Andre; Jeremy
as shown and described. Bataillou; Daniel J.
Coster; Daniele De
Iuliis; Evans Hankey;
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D629,799 S Mar. 22, 2010 Dec. 28, 2010 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373721
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D630,630 S Jun. 11, 2010 Jan. 11, 2011 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373726
Evans Hankey;
Richard P.Howarth;
Jonathan P. Ive;
Duncan Robert Kerr;
Shin Nishibori;
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D633,090 S Jul. 14, 2010 Feb. 22, 2011 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373736
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D633,092 S Jul. 30, 2010 Feb. 22, 2011 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA00373741
Richard P.Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Douglas B. Satzger;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D633,493 S Jun. 5, 2010 Mar. 1, 2011 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA00373746
as shown and described. Bataillou; Daniel .J.
Coster; Daniele De
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D633,908 S Apr. 20, 2010 Mar. 8, 2011 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA00373755
Coster; Daniele De
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Kerr; Shin Nishiburi;
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D636,392 S Sep. 30, 2010 Apr. 19, 2011 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bart1ey SAMNDCA00373774
DEVICE WITH for an electronic device K. Andre; Freddy
GRAPHICAL USER with graphical user Anzures; Jeremy
INTERFACE interface, as shown and Bataillou; Imran
described. Chaudhri; Daniel J.
Coster; Daniele De
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zörkendörfer
ELECTRONIC US D638,835 S Jun. 5, 2010 May 31, 2011 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA00373784
DEVICE WITH for an electronic device Andre; Jeremy
GRAPHICAL USER with graphical user Bataillou; Imran
INTERFACE interface, as shown and Chaudhri; Daniel J.
described. Coster; Daniele De
Richard P. Howarth;
Jobs; Duncan Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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GRAPHICAL USER US D618,248 S Sep. 23,2008 Jun. 22, 2010 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011656
INTERFACE FOR A for a graphical user
DISPLAY SCREEN OR interface for a display
PORTION THEREOF screen or a portion
thereof, as shown and
described.
GRAPHICAL USER US D621,845 S Jul. 30, 2007 Aug. 17, 2010 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures; Imran SAMNDCA30011659
INTERFACE FOR A for a graphical user Chaudhri
described.
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ANIMATED US D621,849 S Jul. 30, 2007 Aug. 17, 2010 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures; Bas SAMNDCA30011662
GRAPHICAL USER for an animated Ording; Marcel Van
INTERFACES FOR A graphical user interface Os
DISPLAY SCREEN OR for a display screen or
PORTION THEREOF portion thereof, as
shown and described.
GRAPHICAL USER US D624,555 S May 6, 2008 Sep. 28, 2010 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011665
PORTION THEREOF screen or portion thereof,
as shown and described.
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GRAPHICAL USER US D625,733 S Mar. 4, 2009 Oct. 19, 2010 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011668
PORTION THEREOF screen or portion thereof,
GRAPHICAL USER US D648,346 S Sep. 27, 2010 Nov. 8, 2011 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011670
described.
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ICON FOR A US D651,215 S Oct. 22, 2010 Dec. 27, 2011 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures; SAMNDCA30011672
PORTION OF A for an icon for a portion Stephen O. Lemay
DISPLAY SCREEN of a display screen, as
ICON FOR A US D651,610 S Jun. 30, 2010 Jan. 3, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011674
PORTION OF A for an icon for a portion
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ICON FOR A US D651,614 S Jun. 21, 2010 Jan. 3, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011676
ICON FOR A US D652,054 S Jun. 21. 2010 Jan. 10, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011678
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ICON FOR A US D652,426 S Jul. 23, 2010 Jan. 17, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011681
ICON FOR A US D652,428 S Apr. 30, 2010 Jan. 17, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011684
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ICON FOR A US D659,160 S Jun. 21, 2010 May 8, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011686
ICON FOR A US D660,315 S Jun. 21, 2010 May 22, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011690
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ICON FOR A US D665,818 S Jun. 21, 2010 Aug. 21, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011693
DISPLAY SCREEN OR US D668,263 S Oct. 8, 2010 Oct. 2, 2012 The ornamental design Steve Jobs; Louis D. SAMNDCA30011696
PORTION THEREOF for a display screen or Mantia, Jr.; William
WITH ICON portion thereof with Martin Bachman;
icon, as shown and Jeffrey L. Robbin
described.
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DISPLAY SCREEN OR US D669,092 S Aug. 3, 2010 Oct. 16, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011700
PORTION THEREOF for a display screen or
WITH ICON portion thereof with
icon, as shown and
described.
DISPLAY SCREEN OR US D671,558 S Oct. 4, 2011 Nov. 27, 2012 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures; SAMNDCA30011703
PORTION THEREOF for a display screen or Alessandro Francesco
WITH ICON portion thereof with Sabatelli
icon, as shown and
described.
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DISPLAY SCREEN OR US D675,639 S Sep. 19, 2011 Feb. 5, 2013 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures; Bas SAMNDCA30011706
PORTION THEREOF for a display screen or Ording; Marcel Van
WITH A GRAPHICAL portion thereof with a Os
USER INTERFACE graphical user interface,
DISPLAY SCREEN OR US D686,637 S Apr. 6, 2012 Jul. 23, 2013 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures SAMNDCA30011710
PORTION THEREOF tor a display screen or
WITH ICON portion thereof with
icon, as shown and
described.
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DISPLAY SCREEN OR US D692,910 S Feb. 7, 2012 Nov. 5, 2013 The ornamental design Freddy Anzures; SAMNDCA30011713
PORTION THEREOF for a display screen or Alessandro Francesco
WITH GRAPHICAL portion thereof with Sabatelli
USER INTERFACE graphical user interface
as shown and described .
ELECTRONIC US D747,310 S Sep. 9, 2013 Jan. 12, 2016 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA30011721
DEVICE tor an electronic device, Andre; Shota Aoyagi;
as shown and described. Jeremy Bataillou;
Daniel J. Coster;
Daniele De Iuliis; M.
Evans Hankey; Julian
Hoenig; Richard
P.Howarth; Jonathan
P. Ive; Duncan Robert
Kerr; Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke; Mikael
Silvanto; Christopher
J. Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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DISPLAY SCREEN OR US D752,641 S Apr. 29, 2015 Mar. 29, 2016 The ornamental design Alan C. Dye; Aurelio SAMNDCA30011733
PORTION THEREOF tor a display screen or Guzman; Joe
WITH ICON portion thereof with Marianek; Christopher
icon, as shown and Wilson
described.
ELECTRONIC US D763,253 S Aug. 1, 2014 Aug. 9, 2016 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA30011736
Coster; Daniele De
Iuliis; M. Evans
Hankey; Richard
P.Howarth; Jonathan
P. Ive; Steven P. Jobs;
Duncan Robert Kerr;
Shin Nishibor;
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D773,453 S Jun. 11, 2014 Dec. 6, 2016 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA30011749
Coster; Daniele De
Iuliis; M. Evans
Hankey; Julian
Hoenig; Richard P.
Howarth; Jonathan P.
Ive; Duncan;Robert
Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
ELECTRONIC US D789,926 S Feb. 3, 2016 Jun. 20, 2017 The ornamental design Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA30011759
DEVICE for an electronic device Daniel J. Coster;
Richard P. Howarth;
Jonathan P. Ive; Steven
P. Jobs; Duncan
Robert Kerr; Shin
Nishibori; Matthew
Dean Rohrbach;
Douglas B.Satzger;
CalvinQ. Seid;
Eugene Antony
Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
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ELECTRONIC US D790,535 S Dec. 16, 2015 Jun. 27, 2017 The ornamental design Jody Akana; Bartley K. SAMNDCA30011767
DEVICE for an electronic device, Andre; Shota Aoyagi;
as shown and described. Jeremy Bataillou;
Daniel J. Coster;
Daniele De Iuliis; M.
Evans Hankey; Julian
Hoenig; Richard P.
Howarth; Jonathan P.
Ive; Duncan Robert
Kerr; Matthew Dean
Rohrbach; Peter
Russell-Clarke; Mikael
Silvanto; Christopher
J. Stringer; Eugene
Antony Whang; Rico
Zorkendorfer
Note:
[1] Parts of the Patent Drawings displayed in broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
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EXHIBIT 6
Apple Utility Patents
Title Patent Number Filing Date Issue Date Abstract Inventor Name(s) Starting Bates Number
COLD WORKED US 7,688,574 B2 Jan. 5, 2007 Mar. 30, 2010 A cold worked stainless steel bezel for a portable electronic device is Stephen P. Zadesky; SAMNDCA00365600
METAL HOUSING provided. The bezel is secured flush to a housing to form part of the Philip M. Hobson;
FOR A PORTABLE case of the portable electronic device. A brace that includes a slot for Tang Yew Tan
ELECTRONIC receiving a wall extending from the bezel is fixed to the housing. When
DEVICE the bezel engages the housing, the wall of the bezel is inserted in the
slot of the brace and releasably held by a spring that engages both the
brace and the wall. The bezel can be released by disengaging the
spring, (e.g., using a special tool or a magnetic field). Because the bezel
is manufactured from cold worked stainless steel, it is hard and
resistant to impacts. Cold worked steel also facilitates manufacturing
within design constraints and tolerances, and requires very little
machining after manufacturing to comply with those constraints. The
portable electronic device may include a personal media device, a
mobile telephone, or any other suitable device or combination thereof.
HYBRID ANTENNAS US 2009/0256759 A1 May 13, 2008 Oct. 15, 2009 A portable electronic device is provided that has a hybrid antenna. The Robert J. Hill; Scott A. SAMNDCA00366401
FOR ELECTRONIC hybrid antenna may include a slot antenna structure and an inverted-F Myers; Robert W.
DEVICES antenna structure. The slot antenna portion of the hybrid antenna may Schlub; Dean Floyd
be used to provide antenna coverage in a first communications band Darnell; Zhijun Zhang
and the inverted-F antenna portion of the hybrid antenna may be used
to provide antenna coverage in a second communications band. The
second communications band need not be harmonically related to the
first communications band. The electronic device may be formed from
two portions. One portion may contain conductive structures that
define the shape of the antenna slot. One or more dielectric-filled gaps
in the slot maybe bridged using conductive structures on another
portion of the electronic device. A conductive trim member may be
inserted into an antenna slot to trim the resonant frequency of the slot
antenna portion of the hybrid antenna.
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ANTENNA US 7,916,089 B2 Jan. 4, 2008 Mar. 29, 2011 Portable electronic devices are provided with wireless circuitry that Robert W. Schlub; SAMNDCA00366435
ISOLATION FOR includes antennas and antenna isolation elements. The antennas may Robert J. Hill
PORTABLE include antennas that have multiple arms and that are configured to
ELECTRONIC handle communications in multiple frequency bands. The antennas may
DEVICES also include one or more antennas that are configured to handle
communications in single frequency band. The antennas may be
coupled to different radio-frequency transceivers. For example, there
may be first, second, and third antennas and first and second
transceivers. The first and third antennas may be coupled to the first
transceiver and the second antenna may be coupled to the second
transceiver. The antenna isolation elements may be interposed between
the antennas and may serve to reduce radio-frequency interference
between the antennas. There may be a first antenna isolation element
between the first and second antennas and a second antenna isolation
element between the second and third antennas.
HYBRID SLOT US 7,864,123 B2 Aug. 28, 2007 Jan. 4, 2011 Handheld electronic devices are provided that contain wireless Robert J. Hill; Juan SAMNDCA00366462
ANTENNAS FOR communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may Zavala
HANDHELD include an antenna. The antenna may be formed from a ground plane
ELECTRONIC having a dielectric-filled slot that defines slot antenna structure and
DEVICES having a planar-inverted-F (PIFA) resonating element located above
the opening. The slot antenna structure and the PIFA resonating
element may both contribute to the performance of the antenna, so that
the antenna exhibits the performance of a hybrid PIFA-slot antenna.
The PIFA resonating element may contain multiple antenna resonating
element branches. The branches may be configured to operate in
different communications bands than the slot antenna structure.
MULTIBAND US 7,768,462 B2 Aug. 22, 2007 Aug. 3, 2010 A handheld electronic device is provided that contain wireless Zhijun Zhang; Robert SAMNDCA00366492
ANTENNA FOR communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may W. Schlub; Robert J.
HANDHELD include antenna structures. A first antenna may handle first and second Hill; Ruben Caballero
ELECTRONIC communications bands. A second antenna may handle additional
DEVICES communications bands. The first and second antennas may be located
at opposite ends of the handheld electronic device. Conductive
structures in the handheld electronic device may form an antenna
ground plane. The antenna ground plane may have portions defining an
antenna slot. An L-shaped antenna resonating element maybe located
adjacent to the slot. In the first communications band, the L-shaped
antenna resonating element may serve as a non-radiating coupling stub
that excites the antenna slot. In the second communications band, the L-
shaped antenna resonating element may transmit and receive radio-
frequency signals.
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ANTENNAS FOR US 7,924,231 B2 Nov. 5, 2010 Apr. 12, 2011 A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains wireless Robert J. Hill; Robert SAMNDCA00366518
HANDHELD communications circuitry. The handheld electronic device may have a W. Schlub; Ruben
ELECTRONIC housing and a display. The display may be attached to the housing a Caballero
DEVICES WITH conductive bezel. The handheld electronic device may have one or
CONDUCTIVE more antennas for supporting wireless communications. A ground
BEZELS plane in the handheld electronic device may serve as ground for one or
more of the antennas. The ground plane and bezel may define a
opening. A rectangular slot antenna or other suitable slot antenna may
be formed from or within the opening. One or more antenna resonating
elements may be formed above the slot. An electrical switch that
bridges the slot may be used to modify the perimeter of the slot so as to
tune the communications bands of the handheld electronic device.
HANDHELD US 7,911,387 B2 Jun. 21, 2007 Mar. 22, 2011 A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a Robert J. Hill; Robert SAMNDCA00366552
ELECTRONIC conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive W. Schlub; Ruben
DEVICE ANTENNAS elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for Caballero
the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane
and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver
circuitry may be connected to the resonating elements by transmission
lines such as coaxial cables. Ferrules may be crimped to the coaxial
cables. A bracket with extending members may be crimped over the
ferrules to ground the coaxial cables to the housing and other
conductive elements in the ground plane. The ground plane may
contain an antenna slot. A dock connector and flex circuit may overlap
the slot in a way that does not affect the resonant frequency of the slot.
Electrical components may be isolated from the antenna using isolation
elements such as inductors and resistors.
SYSTEMS AND US 2011/0255218 A1 Jun. 4, 2010 Oct. 20, 2011 This is directed to systems and methods for cover assembly retention of David Pakula; Scott SAMNDCA00366742
METHODS FOR a portable electronic device. In some embodiments, a cover assembly Myers; Tang Tan;
COVER ASSEMBLY and/or housing of an electronic device can include one or more Richard Dinh
RETENTION OF A retention features such as detents, hooks, tabs, extensions, screw plates,
PORTABLE screw holes, shuttles, latches, or any combination of the above, for
ELECTRONIC retaining the cover assembly to the housing. In some embodiments, one
DEVICE or more retention features can be included on a internal platform of the
electronic device to retain the cover assembly. In some embodiments, a
hidden screw feature can be included in a SIM tray slot of the
electronic device. Once a SIM tray has been inserted into the SIM tray
slot, the screw feature can be hidden from sight and may become
unapparent to an end user of the electronic device.
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INTEGRATED US 7,728,316 B2 Nov. 15, 2006 Jun. 1, 2010 Apparatuses and methods to sense proximity and to detect light. In one Anthony M. Fadell; SAMNDCA00366798
PROXIMITY SENSOR embodiment, an apparatus includes an emitter of electromagnetic Achim Pantfoerder
AND LIGHT SENSOR radiation and a detector of electromagnetic radiation; the detector is
configured to detect electromagnetic radiation from the emitter when
the apparatus is configured to sense proximity, and the emitter is
disabled at least temporarily to allow the detector to detect
electromagnetic radiation from a source other than the emitter, such as
ambient light. In one implementation of this embodiment, the ambient
light is measured by measuring infrared wavelengths. Other
apparatuses and methods and data processing systems and machine
readable media are also described.
ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS US 8,055,003 B2 May 13, 2008 Nov. 8, 2011 A portable electronic device may have acoustic ports such as Adam D. Mittleman; SAMNDCA00366832
FOR ELECTRONIC microphone and speaker ports. Acoustic devices such as microphones Richard P. Howarth;
DEVICES and speakers may be associated with the acoustic ports. An acoustic Chad Seguin
port may have an opening between an interior and exterior of the
portable electronic device. The opening may be covered by a metal
mesh. An acoustic fabric may be interposed between the metal mesh
and the opening. The opening may be formed from a hole in a glass
member having outer and inner chamfers. A microphone boot may be
provided that forms front and rear radial seals with a housing of the
device and a microphone unit respectively. The microphone boot may
also form multiple face seals with the microphone unit. A speaker for
the speaker port may be enclosed in sealed speaker enclosure. The
speaker enclosure may have a pressure-equalizing vent slit covered
with an acoustic mesh.
PIXEL BLACK MASK US 2010/0208179 A1 Feb. 13, 2009 Aug. 19, 2010 A display panel is provided having a first substrate including an Shih Chang Chang; SAMNDCA00366856
DESIGN AND electrode configured to generate an electric field and a second substrate Ming Xu; Mingxia Gu;
FORMATION including a black mask. The black mask includes an aperture Shawn Robert
TECHNIQUE configured to enable light to be transmitted through the aperture, Gettemy; John Z.
wherein the aperture is at least substantially rectangular and includes Zhong; Cheng Chen
corners that are not substantially chamfered. The display panel also
includes liquid crystal disposed between the first and second substrates
and configured to facilitate passage of light through the display panel in
response to the electric field.
ELECTRONIC US 7,911,771 B2 May 23, 2007 Mar. 22, 2011 An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a John DiFonzo; Chris SAMNDCA30011796
DEVICE WITH A first component. The electronic device may also include a metal- Ligtenberg
METAL-CERAMIC ceramic composite component coupled to the first component and
COMPOSITE configured to reinforce at least a portion of the first component in a
COMPONENT first direction.
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PORTABLE US 7,933,123 B2 May 13, 2008 Apr. 26, 2011 Portable electronic devices are provided. Each device may be formed Erik L. Wang; Phillip SAMNDCA30011804
ELECTRONIC from two parts. A first part may be provided with components such as a M. Hobson; Kenneth
DEVICE WITH TWO- display, a touch screen, a cover glass, and a frame. A second part may A. Jenks; Adam D.
PIECE HOUSING be provided with a plastic housing, circuit boards containing electrical Mittleman
components, and bezel. Engagement members may be connected to the
first and second parts. The engagement members may be formed from
metal clips with holes and springs with flexible spring prongs that mate
with the holes in the clips. The metal clips may be welded to frame
struts on the frame and the springs may be welded to the bezel. During
assembly, the first part may be rotated into place within the second
part. Retention clips attached to the frame may be used to secure the
two parts together. Assembly instructions and associated connector
numbers may be provided within the devices.
LENS BAFFLE US 8,000,598 B1 Jun. 25, 2010 Aug. 16, 2011 A lens assembly includes a brush-like baffle between the lens and a Richard Tsai SAMNDCA30011845
transparent cover. The baffle at least partially surrounds the lens to
prevent stray light from entering and causing flare or other image
artifacts. If the baffle does not entirely surround the lens structure, an
adjustment mechanism may be provided to rotate the baffle so as to
"tune" a flare reduction effect.
HYBRID ANTENNAS US 8,106,836 B2 May 13, 2008 Jan. 31, 2012 A portable electronic device is provided that has a hybrid antenna. The Robert J. Hill; Scott A. SAMNDCA30011852
FOR ELECTRONIC hybrid antenna may include a slot antenna structure and an inverted-F Myers; Robert W.
DEVICES antenna structure. The slot antenna portion of the hybrid antenna may Schlub; Dean Floyd
be used to provide antenna coverage in a first communications band Darnell; Zhijun Zhang
and the inverted-F antenna portion of the hybrid antenna may be used
to provide antenna coverage in a second communications band. The
second communications band need not be harmonically related to the
first communications band. The electronic device may be formed from
two portions. One portion may contain conductive structures that
define the shape of the antenna slot. One or more dielectric-filled gaps
in the slot maybe bridged using conductive structures on another
portion of the electronic device. A conductive trim member may be
inserted into an antenna slot to trim the resonant frequency of the slot
antenna portion of the hybrid antenna.
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PORTABLE US 8,106,856 B2 Aug. 30, 2007 Jan. 31, 2012 A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo Michael Matas; Greg SAMNDCA30011886
ELECTRONIC management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a Christie; Paul D.
DEVICE FOR PHOTO computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device Marcos; Scott Forstall;
MANAGEMENT displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of Marcel Van Os; Bas
photographic images. The device replaces the displayed array of Ording; Imran
thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon Chaudhri
detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the
array. The user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger
scale than the corresponding thumbnail image. The portable device
displays a different photographic image in replacement of the user-
selected photographic image in accordance with a scrolling gesture.
The scrolling gesture comprises a substantially horizontal movement of
user contact with the touchscreen display.
WIRELESS US 8,131,315 B2 Nov. 25, 2008 Mar. 6, 2012 An electronic device such as a handheld electronic device may include Ching Yu John Tam SAMNDCA30011942
ELECTRONIC wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications
DEVICE WITH circuitry may include a radio-frequency receiver circuit or other
MULTIMODE AUDIO circuitry that is sensitive to noise. Audio amplifier circuitry may be
AMPLIFIER provided in the electronic device to amplify audio signals for a speaker.
The audio amplifier circuitry may include class AB amplifier circuitry
for operating in a low noise mode and class D amplifier circuitry for
operating in a low power mode. The audio amplifier circuitry may
include a control input path that receives control signals in real time.
When it is determined that the wireless receiver or other sensitive
circuit is active, the audio amplifier can be configured to operate in its
low noise mode using the class AB amplifier. When it is determine that
the wireless receiver is not being used, the class D circuitry may be
switched into use to conserve power.
DYNAMIC THERMAL US 8,170,606 B2 Oct. 15, 2008 May 1, 2012 Methods and apparatus for dynamic thermal management and control John G. Dorsey; SAMNDCA30011956
CONTROL FOR within, e.g., small form-factor wireless devices such as laptop William C. Athas
WIRELESS computers or cellular "smartphones". In one embodiment, a thermal
TRANSCEIVERS management system monitors the temperature (or other relevant
criteria) for one or more components, and implements different
operating states within the wireless transceiver (e.g., Wi-Fi™ or
WiMAX transceiver) so as to both reduce thermal output and minimize
disruption to the wireless link and/or user experience. In another
embodiment, a wireless client may communicate with other clients,
and/or access points, so as to cooperatively provide more options for
thermal management. In addition, methods and apparatus employing
"high performance" (e.g., high power output or high data rate) radios
within aggressively small industrial designs are also disclosed.
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ELECTRO- US 8,190,017 B2 May 13, 2011 May 29, 2012 A method in a camera device having an image sensor and an electro- Richard Tsai SAMNDCA30011984
MECHANICAL mechanical shutter mechanism is as follows. A constant drive current is
SHUTTER CONTROL applied to the shutter mechanism to close shutter at the end of a first
exposure. Then, a decaying drive current is applied to the shutter
mechanism during a readout interval for the first exposure. Other
embodiments are also described and claimed. Other embodiments are
also described and claimed. (sic )
WIRELESS US 8,233,950 B2 Jan. 2, 2008 Jul. 31, 2012 A handheld device may include one or more antennas and a connector Phillip M. Hobson; SAMNDCA30011993
PORTABLE DEVICE both disposed at a base of the handheld device. The connector may Robert J. Hill; Robert
WITH REDUCED RF have a shell comprising a conductive material. The connector shell may W. Schlub; Juan
SIGNAL include at least one opening in a portion of the conductive material to Zavala; Tang Yew
INTERFERENCE reduce electromagnetic interference between the connector shell and Tan; Richard Hung
the one or more antennas. Minh Dinh; Kenneth
A. Jenks; Robert Sean
Murphy; Erik L. Wang
DYNAMIC THERMAL US 8,244,296 B2 Oct. 15, 2008 Aug. 14, 2012 Methods and apparatus for dynamic thermal management and control John G. Dorsey; SAMNDCA30012015
CONTROL FOR within, e.g., small form-factor wireless devices such as laptop William C. Athas
WIRELESS computers or cellular "smartphones". In one embodiment, a thermal
TRANSCEIVERS management system monitors the temperature (or other relevant
criteria) for one or more components, and implements different
operating states within the wireless transceiver (e.g., Wi-FiTM or
WiMAX transceiver) so as to both reduce thermal output and minimize
disruption to the wireless link and/or user experience. In another
embodiment, a wireless client may communicate with other clients,
and/or access points, so as to cooperatively provide more options for
thermal management. In addition, methods and apparatus employing
"high performance" (e.g., high power output or high data rate) radios
within aggressively small industrial designs are also disclosed.
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EDGE-LIT US 8,248,554 B2 Jun. 19, 2009 Aug. 21, 2012 An edge-lit backlight unit for a display is provided. In one Jun Qi; Victor H.Yin; SAMNDCA30012043
BACKLIGHT UNIT embodiment, the backlight unit may include a light guide configured to John Z.Zhong; Wei
WITH THIN PROFILE receive light from a source and emit such light in a broad distribution to Chen
a turning film disposed over the light guide. The turning film may be
configured to redirect light received from the light guide toward a
normal of the turning film. In one embodiment, the light guide may be
configured such that peak light distribution therefrom occurs at an
incident angle of approximately sixty degrees, with broad light
distribution substantially occurring over an angular range between
incident angles of thirty-five and eighty-five degrees. Additionally, in
one embodiment, the turning film may include multiple prisms that
receive and redirect the light emitted from the light guide, and that
include apex angles of less than or about sixty degrees. Additional edge-
lit backlight units and methods are also disclosed.
METHOD FOR US 8,250,724 B2 Feb. 25, 2010 Aug. 28, 2012 A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of Teodor Dabov; Hui SAMNDCA30012064
HANDHELD assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless Leng Lim; Kyle
COMPUTER DEVICE housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front Yeates; Stephen Brian
opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel. Lynch
PORTABLE TOUCH US 8,255,810 B2 Feb. 4, 2009 Aug. 28, 2012 In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a Bradford Allen Moore; SAMNDCA30012105
SCREEN DEVICE, portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes Bas Ording; Elizabeth
METHOD, AND simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display Caroline Furches;
GRAPHICAL USER text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a Stephen J. Chick;
INTERFACE FOR keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In Kenneth L. Kocienda
USING EMOJI response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the
CHARACTERS method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji
WHILE IN A LOCKED character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display
MODE area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective
emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the
keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first
subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji
character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the
information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons.
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HYBRID ANTENNAS US 8,259,017 B2 Dec. 22, 2011 Sep. 4, 2012 A portable electronic device is provided that has a hybrid antenna. The Robert W. Schlub; SAMNDCA30012181
FOR ELECTRONIC hybrid antenna may include a slot antenna structure and a planar Qingxiang Li; Juan
DEVICES inverted-F antenna structure. The planar inverted-F antenna structure Zavala; Robert J. Hill
may be formed from traces on a flex circuit substrate. A backside trace
may form a series capacitance for the planar inverted-F antenna
structure. The antenna slot may have a perimeter that is defined by the
location of conductive structures such as flex circuits, metal housing
structures, a conductive bezel, printed circuit board ground conductors,
and electrical components. Springs maybe used in electrically
connecting these conductive elements. A spring-loaded pin may be
used as part of an antenna feed conductor. The pin may connect a
transmission line path on a printed circuit board to the planar inverted-
F antenna structure while allowing the planar inverted-F antenna
structure to be removed from the device for rework or repair.
SYSTEMS AND US 8,264,837 B2 Jun. 4, 2010 Sep. 11, 2012 This is directed to systems and methods for cover assembly retention of David Pakula; Scott SAMNDCA30012206
METHODS FOR a portable electronic device. In some embodiments, a cover assembly Myers; Tang Tan;
COVER ASSEMBLY and/or housing of an electronic device can include one or more Richard Dinh
RETENTION OF A retention features such as detents, hooks, tabs, extensions, screw plates,
PORTABLE screw holes, shuttles, latches, or any combination of the above, for
ELECTRONIC retaining the cover assembly to the housing. In some embodiments, one
DEVICE or more retention features can be included on an internal platform of
the electronic device to retain the cover assembly. In some
embodiments, a hidden screw feature can be included in a SIM tray slot
of the electronic device. Once a SIM tray has been inserted into the
SIM tray slot, the screw feature can be hidden from sight and may
become unapparent to an end user of the electronic device.
INTERNAL EDGE US 8,292,664 B2 Sep. 30, 2010 Oct. 23, 2012 Edge connectors to connect a daughter or optional board to an edge of Joshua Funamura; SAMNDCA30012238
CONNECTOR a main or motherboard. These connectors may have a low profile or Zheng Gao; Steve
height to save space in electronic devices, and allow electronic devices McClure
incorporating the connector have a thin form factor. These connectors
may also provide for reliable manufacturing by providing a robust
connection to a motherboard and easy insertion of a daughter card.
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LCD PIXEL DESIGN US 8,294,647 B2 Feb. 13, 2009 Oct. 23, 2012 A liquid crystal display (LCD) having a plurality of pixels is provided. Cheng Chen; Ming SAMNDCA30012247
VARYING BY COLOR In one embodiment, the pixels of the LCD each include common and Xu; Mingxia Gu; Shih
pixel electrodes formed on an insulating layer, and a liquid crystal layer Chang Chang; Shawn
responsive to electric fields generated by the electrodes. The plurality Robert Gettemy; John
of pixels may include two or more sets of pixels each configured to Z. Zhong
transmit light of a different color, and the pixel electrodes of one set of
pixels may be configured differently from those of another set. In other
embodiments, the sizes of the pixels may differ. Various additional
devices and methods are also provided.
CANTILEVERED US 8,299,381 B2 Nov. 30, 2010 Oct. 30, 2012 A cantilevered push button adapted for accepting an input on an Bradley J. Hamel; SAMNDCA30012268
PUSH BUTTON electrical or electronic device is disclosed. The button can include an Tang Yew Tan; Erik
elongated button top component disposed about an exterior surface of Wang
an electrical or electronic device such that it is accessible to a user, and
having two opposing distal ends associated with separate user inputs. A
first fulcrum is located between the first distal end and the midpoint of
the elongated button top component, while a second fulcrum is located
between the second distal end and the midpoint. A first electrical
contact is associated with the first distal end, such that when a user
presses on the first distal end, the elongated button top component
pivots about the second fulcrum and the first electrical contact is
actuated. A second electrical contact is similarly associated with the
second distal end and first fulcrum.
MINI-SIM US 8,337,223 B2 Sep. 30, 2010 Dec. 25, 2012 Connectors that may allow SIM cards to be easily removed and Zheng Gao; Benjamin SAMNDCA30012281
CONNECTOR replaced, may be resistant to damage by an improper insertion of a SIM Rappoport; Steve
card, and may provide reliable mechanical performance. One example McClure
may provide a plunger system where a user can push on a plunger rod
and eject a SIM card. Another example may provide contacts that are
not damaged by improper insertion of a SIM card. Another example
may provide a plastic housing, the housing reinforced by a metallic
shield and having a relatively uniform thickness.
HEAT VALVE FOR US 8,339,787 B2 Sep. 8, 2010 Dec. 25, 2012 A thermal valve for controlling heat transfer between two electronic Richard Tsai SAMNDCA30012290
THERMAL components is disclosed. The thermal valve includes a first thermally
MANAGEMENT IN A conductive strip that is secured to the first electronic component and a
MOBILE second thermally conductive strip that is secured to the second
COMMUNICATIONS electronic component. The first strip and the second strip are located
DEVICE between the two electronic components. The first strip changes its
shape toward making contact with the second strip in response to a
temperature increase of the first electronic component, and the second
strip changes its shape away from making contact with the first strip in
response to a temperature increase of the second electronic component.
Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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LIGHT ISOLATING US 8,364,032 B2 Feb. 21, 2012 Jan. 29, 2013 A portable device has a rear facing camera assembly and a front facing Chong Yip Chow; SAMNDCA30012300
PROTECTIVE COVER display assembly that includes at least a protective cover layer, a Hongqin Zhang;
FOR SMALL FORM display stack that includes a plurality of display components arranged Shizhe Shen; Michael
FACTOR in a plurality of interconnected layers, the display stack providing an DiVincent
ELECTRONIC imaging service, and a flat support chassis arranged to provide support
DEVICE for the display stack. In the described embodiment, a protective cover
can wrap around and protect at least the rear portion of the portable
device without adversely affecting an image capture process carried out
by the rear facing camera assembly.
PROXIMITY US 8,381,135 B2 Sep. 30, 2005 Feb. 19, 2013 Proximity based systems and methods that are implemented on an Steve P. Hotelling; SAMNDCA30012321
DETECTOR IN electronic device are disclosed. The method includes sensing an object Brian Q. Huppi;
HANDHELD DEVICE spaced away and in close proximity to the electronic device. The Joshua A. Strickson;
method also includes performing an action in the electronic device Duncan Robert Kerr;
when an object is sensed. Bas Ording; Imran
Chaudhri; Greg
Christie; Jonathan P.
Ive; Peter J. Kennedy;
Anthony M.Fadell;
Jeffrey L. Robbin
CLEANABLE AND US 8,393,802 B2 Sep. 30, 2010 Mar. 12, 2013 An optical connector having a body with an outer surface, a first cavity Craig Stanley; Albert SAMNDCA30012369
SELF-CLEANING extending within the body from the outer surface and a second cavity John Golko; Felix J.
FIBER OPTIC spaced apart from the first cavity and extending within the body of the Alvarez Rivera
CONNECTOR connector from the outer surface. An optical component is positioned
within the first cavity and an ejector, which extents into the second
cavity, is coupled to the optical component. A biasing mechanism is
operatively coupled to apply a biasing force to the ejector to secure the
optical component within the first cavity. When a force greater than the
biasing force is applied to the ejector within the second cavity, the
ejector ejects the optical component from the first cavity so that it
extends beyond the outer surface.
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ENABLING SPEAKER US 8,401,593 B2 Feb. 28, 2012 Mar. 19, 2013 Apparatuses and methods of using a speaker phone mode of a portable Anand Sethuraman; E- SAMNDCA30012378
PHONE MODE OF A voice communications device having a built-in camera are described Cheng Chang
PORTABLE VOICE herein. In one embodiment, the speakerphone mode is activated if it is
COMMUNICATIONS determined that an image captured by the device is black or nearly
DEVICE HAVING A black, which indicates that the device is placed flat or nearly flat
BUILT-IN CAMERA against surface. In one embodiment, the speaker phone mode is
activated based on the results of comparing the captured image to a
plurality of previously stored captured images wherein the previously
stored captured images include images captured by the device in
situations where it would be desirable for the speaker phone mode to be
activated. In one embodiment, the speaker phone mode is activated
based on a comparison of a captured image and previously stored
captured images and their respective speaker phone mode statuses.
Other embodiments are also described.
WIRELESS US 8,437,793 B2 Nov. 24, 2009 May 7, 2013 Test systems are provided for performing testing and calibration David A. Donovan; SAMNDCA30012390
TRANSMITTER operations on wireless circuitry in electronic devices. The electronic Justin Gregg
CALIBRATION devices may include cellular telephones and other portable electronic
USING ABSOLUTE devices. Wireless circuitry in a device may include a radio-frequency
POWER REQUESTS transceiver that is controlled based on radio-frequency transceiver
control signals. The wireless circuitry may also include power amplifier
circuitry. The power amplifier circuitry may receive radio-frequency
signals from the transceiver and may produce correspondingly
amplified radio-frequency output signals for wireless transmission with
an antenna. The power amplifier circuitry may be powered by a bias
voltage. The test systems may provide the electronic device with a
transmit power request that directs the electronic device to produce a
desired output power. The test systems may measure the actual
resulting power. After sufficient measurements have been made, the
test systems may calibrate the transceiver and power amplifier settings.
WATER INHIBITING US 8,440,922 B2 Dec. 16, 2010 May 14, 2013 Electromechanical switches are provided. The electromechanical Kyle Yeates; Teodor SAMNDCA30012407
SLIDE SWITCH switches can include conductive components that are configured to Dabov
change position relative to one another in response to a mechanical
input. The electromechanical switch can include a distribution
mechanism for replenishing a moisture inhibiting layer, such as an
oleophobic material, on surface portions of conductive components
within the switch. During actuation of the electromechanical switch,
the distribution mechanism can be configured to reapply the moisture
inhibiting material to the surface portions of the conductive
components to prevent damage resulting from moisture intrusion.
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CLICKABLE AND US 8,462,133 B2 Sep. 29, 2008 Jun. 11, 2013 Methods and apparatus for provide physical buttons for use on a touch Stephen Brian Lynch; SAMNDCA30012428
TACTILE BUTTONS surface are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, John Benjamin Filson;
FOR A TOUCH an apparatus includes a display arrangement and a first button Fletcher R. Rothkopf
SURFACE attachment structure. The display arrangement includes a first surface
which has a first touch-sensitive area. The first touch-sensitive area is
capable of sensing touch. The first button attachment structure includes
a first attachment area and a first button actuation area. The first
attachment area is mounted on the first surface such that the first button
actuation is aligned at least partially over the first touch-sensitive area.
The first button actuation area is arranged to deform when a force is
applied to the first button actuation area to engage the first touch-
sensitive area.
CONNECTOR US 8,465,308 B2 Oct. 15, 2010 Jun. 18, 2013 Connectors that may be incorporated and used in electronic devices in a Zheng Gao; Greg SAMNDCA30012445
HAVING SELF- reliable manner. One example may provide a connector that may Springer; William
WIPING CONTACTS receive a memory card, such as a Secure Digital, SmartMedia, Compact Long; John Raff;
Flash, or other type of memory card. One example may provide a Laura DeForest
connector that may connect to other electronic circuits and components
in an electronic device in a reliable manner. Another may provide a
connector that may reliably form a connection for electromagnetic
interference protection during device assembly. Another may provide a
connector that may be resistant to damage from debris or other
particulate matter that may enter the connector. Another example may
provide a connector that has a back that is reinforced to prevent
damage caused by the insertion of a card with excessive force. Another
may provide a connector having a raised portion arranged to fit in an
opening in a printed circuit board.
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ELECTRONIC US 8,466,839 B2 Dec. 7, 2009 Jun. 18, 2013 Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable Robert W. Schlub; SAMNDCA30012460
DEVICES WITH computers. An electronic device may have a housing in which an David T. Amm; Omar
PARASITIC antenna is mounted. The housing may be formed of conductive S. Leung; Brian M.
ANTENNA materials. A dielectric antenna window may be mounted in the housing King; Qingxiang Li;
RESONATING to allow radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and Enrique Ayala
ELEMENTS THAT to allow the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field Vazquez; Rodney
REDUCE NEAR FIELD radiation limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an Andres Gomez
RADIATION external object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna Angulo; Yi Jiang;
window and the antenna. A proximity sensor may be used in detecting Ruben Caballero
external objects. A parasitic antenna resonating element may be
interposed between the antenna resonating element and the dielectric
antenna window to minimize near-field radiation hotspots. The
parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed using a capacitor
electrode for the proximity sensor. A ferrite layer may be interposed
between the parasitic element and the antenna window.
COOLING SYSTEM US 8,477,490 B2 May 2, 2011 Jul. 2, 2013 A cooling system for a mobile computing device configured to drive Fletcher Rothkopf; SAMNDCA30012482
FOR MOBILE two devices, a fan and an alert device. The fan cools components of the Teodor Dabov; David
ELECTRONIC mobile computing device by exchanging air between an inner cavity of Kumka
DEVICES the mobile computing device and an outer environment surrounding the
mobile computing device. The alert device produces an alert, e.g., a
vibration. for the mobile computing device. The cooling system
includes a motor operably connected to a first device (either the fan or
the alert device) and operably connected via a clutch to a second device
(either the fan or the alert device). The clutch allows the second device
to be selectively activated depending on a speed or rotational direction
of a drive shaft of the motor.
MECHANISMS FOR US 8,482,305 B2 Aug. 11, 2010 Jul. 9, 2013 A component carrier has formed therein a water sensor, having a first Timothy M. Johnson SAMNDCA30012503
DETECTING patterned conductor piece formed in a metal layer of the component
EXPOSURE TO carrier and a bridge being an amount of water-soluble conductive glue
WATER IN AN filling an electrically insulating gap between the patterned conductor
ELECTRONIC piece and another conductor in the carrier. This forms a conductive
DEVICE path between the patterned conductor piece and the another conductor.
A sensing circuit is coupled to detect changes in impedance of the path.
In another embodiment, a discrete component has a pair of terminals
with a bridge being an amount of water-soluble conductive glue filling
the electrically insulating gap between the terminals to form a
conductive path whose impedance changes in response to coming into
contact with a sufficient amount of water. Other embodiments are also
described and claimed.
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BATTERY US 8,498,112 B2 Dec. 31, 2012 Jul. 30, 2013 A battery assembly includes at least a plurality of battery cells that Val Valentine; Sheba SAMNDCA30012520
ASSEMBLY FOR includes at least a first and a second battery cell each attached to a Devan; Stephen R.
BATTERY POWERED distributed battery monitoring unit, the second battery cell being McClure; Scott J.
PORTABLE DEVICES associated with an external circuit, the second battery cell connected to Hagadone
a battery management unit (BMU) by way of a pre-formed battery
contact shaped to accommodate the external circuit. The plurality of
battery cells are electrically connected to at least the BMU such that
each of the plurality of battery cells are substantially aligned with each
other thereby preserving a battery profile corresponding to unconnected
battery cells.
MULTIPLE-USE US 8,509,455 B2 Oct. 15, 2012 Aug. 13, 2013 Two or more acoustic transducers share the same acoustic port in a Justin Gregg; Michael SAMNDCA30012538
ACOUSTIC PORT device. The acoustic properties–such as acoustic impedance and M. Lee; Chad Seguin
frequency response–of the shared acoustic port are matched to each of
the two or more acoustic transducers. To accomplish acoustic
impedance matching, a separate back volume is provided for each of
the acoustic transducers, matched to that transducer. Frequency
response matching can be accomplished by the design of the transducer
itself, but also by providing an adjacent element in the acoustic system
of the transducer. One transducer may serve as an element in the
acoustic system of another transducer. Frequency response adjustment
of an individual element may also affect acoustic impedance of the
entire port-transducer system.
INTEGRATED FRAME US 8,518,569 B2 Mar. 1, 2010 Aug. 27, 2013 An electrolyte containment structure for an electrode jelly roll and R. Sean Murphy; SAMNDCA30012545
BATTERY CELL electrolyte in a portable power source is described. The electrolyte Thomas W. Wilson
containment structure comprises metal foil, such as metal foil sleeve,
coupled to and partially surrounding a rigid frame. The rigid frame can
protect the electrode jelly roll edges from crush events. To prevent
shorts, the metal foil can be coated in plastic, which can insulate the
metal foil from the electrode jelly roll. Further, the plastic can serve as
a bonding and sealing agent. For instance, the metal foil can be coupled
to the rigid frame using a thermal bonding method involving melting of
the plastic. The rigid frame can provide a platform for connector pads
and safety circuitry associated with the portable power source. The
connector pads and safety circuitry can be assembled as modular
components, which can simplify the assembly process The containment
structure provides features associated with a pouch cell battery design,
such as a light-weight metal foil pouch, but can be utilized in a portable
computing device without being enclosed in a hard casing traditionally
associated with pouch cell battery designs.
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SEAMLESS INSERT US 8,570,729 B2 Sep. 14, 2012 Oct. 29, 2013 Methods and apparatus for using an insert molding process to form a Christopher Prest; Eric SAMNDCA30012560
MOLDING tactilely seamless overall part from component parts that are made from Wang; Bradley J.
TECHNIQUES different materials are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present Hamel; Phillip Michael
invention, a housing includes a first part formed from a first material Hobson
and a second part formed from a second material that is of a different
type than the first material. The first part includes a first external
surface and a first bonding surface, and the second part includes a
second external surface and a second bonding surface. The second
bonding surface can be integrally bonded to the first bonding surface so
that the first external surface and the second external surface form a
gap-free overall surface.
ANTENNA WITH US 8,577,289 B2 Feb. 17, 2011 Nov. 5, 2013 An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is Robert W. Schlub; Yi SAMNDCA30012573
INTEGRATED mounted. An antenna window may be mounted in the housing to allow Jiang; Qingxiang Li;
PROXIMITY SENSOR radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow Jiang Zhu; Ruben
FOR PROXIMITY- the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field radiation Caballero
BASED RADIO- limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an external
FREQUENCY POWER object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna window and
CONTROL the antenna. A capacitive proximity sensor may be used in detecting
external objects in the vicinity of the antenna. The proximity sensor
and the antenna may be formed using integral antenna resonating
element and proximity sensor capacitor electrode structures. These
structures may be formed from identical first and second patterned
conductive layers on opposing sides of a dielectric substrate. A
transceiver and proximity sensor may be coupled to the structures
through respective high-pass and low-pass circuits.
LOW RISE CAMERA US 8,605,211 B2 Apr. 28, 2011 Dec. 10, 2013 A printed circuit carrier has an opening therein against which a back Steven Webster; SAMNDCA30012593
MODULE plate is attached to thereby form a cavity. An image sensor device is Thomas B. Templeton
attached to the back plate inside the cavity. The height of the image
sensor device is about equal to or less than the height of the cavity.
Electrical signal connections are formed between the image sensor
device and the printed circuit carrier. A cap is attached directly to the
carrier by a flowable adhesive layer, to seal off the cavity. Other
embodiments are also described and claimed.
INTEGRATION OF US 8,611,095 B2 Sep. 22, 2011 Dec. 17, 2013 A proximity sensor for use in a portable computing device is described. Kelvin Kwong; SAMNDCA30012601
SENSORS AND In particular various embodiments of a proximity sensor which fit in an Richard Hung Minh
OTHER ELECTRONIC extremely small portion of a cellular phone, and accurately determine Dinh; Daniel William
COMPONENTS the presence of a user's head in close proximity to a surface of the Jarvis; Brian Richards
cellular phone. Land; Anant Rai
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CONNECTOR US 8,636,526 B2 Oct. 15, 2010 Jan. 28, 2014 Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide connector receptacles Joshua Funamura; Min SAMNDCA30012619
RECEPTACLES having a smaller size. One example provides this smaller size by Chul Kim
HAVING CONTACT decreasing the depth of the connector receptacle. Contacts in the
PROTECTION connector receptacle may be protected from damage due to improper
DURING IMPROPER insertion of a second electronic device or connection to a second
INSERTION OF A electronic device. This protection may be achieved in various ways. In
CARD some examples, one or more components or one or more contacts may
be used to block the improper insertion of a second electronic device or
connection to a second electronic device. In other examples, one or
more contacts may avoid damage by being located outside of an
insertion path until a second electronic device or connection to a
second electronic device is inserted. In other examples, instead of
blocking or avoiding an improper insertion, the contacts may avoid
damage by bending out of the way.
MULTIBAND US 8,665,164 B2 Nov. 19, 2008 Mar. 4, 2014 An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may have an Robert J. Hill; Robert SAMNDCA30012628
HANDHELD antenna and associated wireless communications circuitry. The antenna W. Schlub; Ruben
ELECTRONIC may be a slot antenna having a dielectric slot opening. The slot opening Caballero
DEVICE SLOT may have a shape such as a U shape or an L shape in which elongated
ANTENNA regions of the slot run parallel to the edges of the portable electronic
device. The portable electronic device may have a housing with
conductive sidewalls. The conductive sidewalls may help define the
shape of the slot. Antenna feed arrangements may be used to feed the
slot antenna in a way that excites harmonic frequencies and that
supports multiband operation while being shielded from proximity
effects.
INTEGRATED US 8,684,613 B2 Jan. 10, 2012 Apr. 20, 2014 Apparatus, systems and methods for camera integration with cover Douglas J. Weber SAMNDCA30012661
CAMERA WINDOW glass and for processing cover glass to provide a camera window for an
electronic device are disclosed. A camera window can be integrated
into the cover glass. The apparatus, systems and methods are especially
suitable for cover glasses, or displays (e.g., LCD displays), assembled
in small form factor electronic devices such as handheld electronic
devices (e.g., mobile phones, media players, personal digital assistants,
remote controls, etc.). The apparatus, systems and methods can also be
used for cover glasses or displays for other relatively larger form factor
electronic devices (e.g., portable computers, tablet computers, displays,
monitors, televisions, etc.).
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INTEGRATED US 8,693,877 B2 Oct. 12, 2007 Apr. 8, 2014 Apparatuses and methods to detect and emit various infrared (IR) and John Tam; David SAMNDCA30012682
INFRARED ambient light signals using an integrated sensor and emitter device. Tupman; Steve
RECEIVER AND Embodiments include a sensor to sense proximity, to sense IR data Hotelling
EMITTER FOR signals, and to sense ambient light; and an emitter of an IR proximity
MULTIPLE signal. The sensor detects the IR proximity signal from the emitter
FUNCTIONALITIES when the apparatus is sensing proximity, detects IR data signals when
the apparatus is detecting IR data, and detects ambient light when the
apparatus sensing light. The IR data signals may include IR remote
control (IR RC) and/or IR data association (IRDA) signals. The signals
may be detected simultaneously and may be in different frequency
bands. According to embodiments, such an emitter may also emit an IR
data signals, such as IR RC and/or IRDA signals. These signals may be
emitted simultaneously and may be in different frequency bands.
BATTERY POUCH US 8,709,645 B2 Jul. 1, 2011 Apr. 29, 2014 A multi layer laminate sheet suitable to form a battery pouch is Loren L. Roy SAMNDCA30012716
SHEET EDGE described. The laminate sheet includes a core metal layer, a sealant
INSULATION layer, and an insulating layer. The sealant layer is bonded to one
surface of the core metal layer, and the insulating layer is bonded to the
other surface of the core metal layer. The insulating layer has a width
that is greater than the width of the core metal layer, such that the
insulating layer extends past two edges of the core metal layer. When
the pouch is formed by folding the laminate sheet, the insulating layer
protects the edges of the core metal layer of the laminate sheet from
being exposed around the edges or sides of the pouch. Other
PROXIMITY SENSOR US 8,712,485 B2 Nov. 19, 2010 Apr. 29, 2014 A radiation passing layer has a top surface and a bottom surface below Ching Yu John Tam SAMNDCA30012726
ARRANGEMENT IN A which a proximity sensor is positioned. A radiation shield is between
MOBILE DEVICE the emitter and the detector, and extends to the bottom of the radiation
passing layer. A radiation absorber being a separate piece and of a
different material than the shield is positioned to provide a radiation
seal between the top surface of the shield and the bottom surface of the
radiation passing layer. Other embodiments are also described and
claimed.
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PERSONAL MEDIA US 8,718,620 B2 Nov. 13, 2006 May 6, 2014 Systems and methods are provided for personal media devices having Michael Rosenblatt SAMNDCA30012735
DEVICES WITH the ability to communicate wirelessly, and in particular, communicate
WIRELESS wirelessly using a short-range communications protocol (e.g., Wi-Fi
COMMUNICATION and Bluetooth). Such communication provides users of personal media
devices with access to several Wi-Fi oriented applications. For
example, in one embodiment a personal media device may wirelessly
download subscription assets (e.g., podcast) as they become available.
In another embodiment, content specific or local to a merchant may be
provided to personal media devices that are in wireless communication
with a wireless router affiliated with the merchant. For example, if the
merchant is a restaurant, the merchant may provide a menu to the
personal media device and the user may place an order on his or her
media device by selecting items on the menu.
MICROPHONE WITH US 8,724,841 B2 Oct. 25, 2012 May 13, 2014 A portable electronic device having an outer case having a substantially Andrew P. Bright; SAMNDCA30012765
ACOUSTIC MESH TO planar face in which a microphone associated acoustic port is formed. Christopher R. Wilk;
PROTECT AGAINST The device also has a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) Jae Han Lee; Ruchir
SUDDEN ACOUSTIC microphone positioned within the outer case, the MEMS microphone M. Dave; Scott P.
SHOCK having a diaphragm facing the microphone associated acoustic port. An Porter; Sawyer Isaac
acoustic mesh is positioned between the front face of the outer case and Cohen
the diaphragm, the acoustic mesh having a non-linear acoustic
resistance so as to minimize an effect of an incoming air burst on the
diaphragm. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
PARTIALLY LIT US 8,730,372 B2 Sep. 23, 2011 May 20, 2014 An image sensing system for an electronic device. The image sensing Teodor Dabov SAMNDCA30012781
SENSOR system includes a lens and an image sensor. The image sensor includes
a indirectly lit area of pixels and a directly lit area of pixels. The lens is
in optical communication with the directly lit area of pixels.
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THERMAL SPRAY US 8,738,099 B2 Apr. 20, 2012 May 27, 2014 Electronic devices and other apparatuses adapted to receive Douglas Weber; Naoto SAMNDCA30012796
COATING FOR electromagnetic wave communications are disclosed. An outer housing Matsuyuki; David A.
SEAMLESS AND encloses various device components, including at least an internal Pakula; Evans Hankey
RADIO- antenna located fully therewithin and adapted to receive/send
TRANSPARENT communications from/to an outside source via RF or other
ELECTRONIC electromagnetic waves. A ceramic coating can be a thermal spray
DEVICE HOUSING coating that covers at least a portion of the outer surface proximate to
the internal antenna, and can be "RF transparent"-adapted to allow
communications to/from the internal antenna via electromagnetic
waves. The outer housing can be plastic, metal or a combination
thereof. For metal or other non-RF transparent housings, an RF-
transparent insert can be fitted into a window in the housing to permit
communications to the internal antenna. The ceramic coating covers
some or all of the metal, plastic and/or insert that comprise the outer
housing and surface for a final aesthetic finish to the device.
SYSTEMS AND US 8,772,650 B2 Jan. 10, 2011 Jul. 8, 2014 This is directed to systems and methods for coupling sections of an Nicholas Merz; Dan SAMNDCA30012808
METHODS FOR electronic device together. Sections of an electronic device can be Jarvis
COUPLING coupled together via "knuckles." The particular shape and structure of
SECTIONS OF AN the knuckles can be based on various design considerations. For
ELECTRONIC example, in some embodiments each section can function as an
DEVICE individual antenna. In this case, the knuckles can be designed in order
to provide electrical isolation between the sections, thus allowing
proper operation of the antennas. For example, the knuckles can be
formed from a dielectric material, etc. As another design example, the
knuckles can be designed in order to provide increased strength in areas
of high strain, and/or to counteract torsional twisting in areas of high
impact. As yet another design example, the knuckle can be designed in
a manner that is aesthetically pleasing or which otherwise meets
cosmetic requirements.
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AUDIO JACK THAT US 8,772,654 B2 Jun. 9, 2012 Jul. 8, 2014 Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may provide for reliable detection George Tziviskos; SAMNDCA30012830
ENABLES of electrical and optical audio plugs. One example may detect an Zheng Gao
ELECTRICAL AND optical audio plug by employing one or more mechanical detect
OPTICAL switches. These switches may include a first contacting portion and a
CONNECTIVITY second contacting portion that are separated from each other when an
audio plug is inserted into the audio jack. The second contacting
portion may include one or more arms to contact a surface portion of
the first contacting portion. The first contacting portion and the second
contacting portion may be biased such that they tend to stay in contact
with each other as the first contacting portion begins to be deflected by
the insertion of an audio plug, thereby wiping dust or debris from
between the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion.
METHODS AND US 8,780,060 B2 Nov. 2, 2010 Jul. 15, 2014 Haptic systems are disclosed which may provide increased resolution Russell Maschmeyer; SAMNDCA30012845
SYSTEMS FOR in tactile feedback. A tiered haptic system may be formed by stacking Gordon Cameron
PROVIDING HAPTIC of haptic elements. One or more arrays of shape change elements such
CONTROL as, for example, piezoelectric elements may be used to actuate a screen
surface. Arrays may also be used to sense tactile interactions and
stimuli on a screen surface. An embedded haptic system may be formed
by inserting haptic elements into a contoured elastic sheet. The
embedded haptic system may provide tactile interactions to a user. In
some embodiments, both tiered and embedded haptic arrangements
may be used.
AUDIO PORT US 8,804,993 B2 Jun. 17, 2011 Aug. 12, 2014 A portable electronic device that provides compact configurations for Ashutosh Y. Shukla; SAMNDCA30012870
CONFIGURATION audio elements are disclosed. The audio elements can be drivers (e.g., Nicholas G. L. Merz;
FOR COMPACT speakers) or receivers (e.g., microphones). In one embodiment, a Tang Yew Tan; Pinida
ELECTRONIC molded acoustic chamber can be formed to assist in directing audio Jan Moolsintong; Erik
DEVICES sound between an opening an outer housing and an internal flexible Wang
electronic substrate. The audio element can be mounted on or coupled
to the flexible electrical substrate over an opening therein that allows
allow audio sound to pass there through. The molded acoustic chamber
can also be formed such that it includes a barrier, such as a mesh
barrier, so that undesired foreign substances can be blocked from entry
or further entry into the audio chamber. The molded acoustic chamber
can also be formed such that it includes one or more acoustic seals that
can be used to provide an acoustic seal between the molded acoustic
chamber and the opening in the outer housing.
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BUTTON ASSEMBLY US 8,809,708 B2 Apr. 2, 2013 Aug. 19, 2014 A process is provided for characterizing a tactile response of a first Benjamin M. SAMNDCA30012896
WITH DRIVE mechanical actuator (e.g., button) based on a back off distance. The Rappoport; Kevin
ASSEMBLY first mechanical actuator may include a plunger, a dome-shaped Gibbs; Patrick Kessler;
flexible membrane, and an electrical contact, all aligned with each Derek W.Wright; Alex
other so that a contact signal is generated when the flexible membrane Chun Lap Yeung
touches the contact. The plunger can be moved a first distance towards
the contact until the contact signal is generated at a contact point. Then
the plunger can be backed off a second distance from the contact point.
This second distance may be called the "back off distance". The
particular feel of the first mechanical actuator can then be correlated to
a particular back off distance. This process can be repeated a number of
times to classify a number of different "feels" for the first mechanical
actuator based on a number of different back off distances.
ELECTRONIC US 8,818,450 B2 Feb. 26, 2013 Aug. 26, 2014 An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may have an Ruben Caballero; SAMNDCA30012922
DEVICE WITH antenna and associated wireless communications circuitry. A sensor Robert W. Schlub
PROXIMITY-BASED such as a proximity sensor may be used to detect when the electronic
RADIO POWER device is in close proximity to a user's head. Control circuitry within
CONTROL the electronic device may be used to adjust radio-frequency signal
transmit power levels. When it is determined that the electronic device
is within a given distance from the user's head the radio-frequency
signal transmit power level may be reduced. When it is determined that
the electronic device is not within the given distance from the user's
head, proximity-based limits on the radio-frequency signal transmit
power level may be removed. Data may be gathered from a touch
sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor and other sources for use in
determining how to adjust the transmit power level.
INTEGRATED US 8,829,414 B2 Aug. 26, 2013 Sep. 9, 2014 Apparatuses and methods to sense proximity and to detect light. In one Anthony M. Fadell; SAMNDCA30012940
PROXIMITY SENSOR embodiment, an apparatus includes an emitter of electromagnetic Achim Pantfoerder
AND LIGHT SENSOR radiation and a detector of electromagnetic radiation; the detector has a
sensor to detect electromagnetic radiation from the emitter when
sensing proximity, and to detect electromagnetic radiation from a
source other than the emitter when sensing visible light. The emitter
may be disabled at least temporarily to allow the detector to detect
electromagnetic radiation from a source other than the emitter, such as
ambient light. In one implementation, the ambient light is measured by
measuring infrared wavelengths. Also a fence having a non-IR
transmissive material disposed between the emitter and the detector to
remove electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter. Other
apparatuses and methods and data processing systems and machine
readable media are also described.
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PERSONAL MEDIA US 8,836,502 B2 Dec. 28, 2007 Sep. 16, 2014 Systems and methods are provided tor a media device that controls Michael Culbert; SAMNDCA30012985
DEVICE INPUT AND input and output characteristics based on one or more associated David John Tupman;
OUTPUT CONTROL conditions. Daniel Shawn Keen;
BASED ON Anthony Joseph
ASSOCIATED Guetta; Ryan Jeffrey
CONDITIONS DuBois; Victor M.
Tiscareno; David
Harrington; Stephen
John Chick; Jahan
Minoo; Jay Steven
Laefer; Kevin Saul;
Scott Forstall
ELECTRO- US 8,853,574 B2 Jul. 3, 2012 Oct. 7, 2014 Electromechanical slide switches are provided. The electromechanical Miguel C. Christophy; SAMNDCA30013011
MECHANICAL SLIDE slide switches can include conductive components that are configured Daniel W. Jarvis;
SWITCH to change position relative to one another in response to a mechanical Richard H. Dinh
input. The electromechanical slide switch can include a number of
cooperating intrusion barriers that combine to prevent intrusion of
external agents, such as water or dust.
SHIM SLEEVE FOR US 8,859,920 B2 Oct. 25, 2011 Oct. 14, 2014 A button assembly having a shim for a pivot button. One embodiment Tyson Manullang; SAMNDCA30013021
PIVOTING BUTTONS may take the form of a button assembly with a stem and a receiving Teodor Dabov
portion pivotally coupled to the stem. The stem is positioned within an
aperture of the receiving portion, with the aperture providing a gap
between the receiving portion and the stem. A shim sleeve having non-
uniform thickness is coupled over the stem and positioned between the
receiving portion and the stem. The shim sleeve is configured to reduce
the gap between the receiving portion and the stem.
COUPLING US 8,862,182 B2 Aug. 31, 2012 Oct. 14, 2014 A portable electronic device comprises an electromechanical module Ashutosh Y. Shukla; SAMNDCA30013043
REDUCTION FOR having an actuator for positioning a mechanical element between first David A. Pakula;
ELECTRO- and second positions, and a controller coupled to the electromechanical Sawyer I. Cohen
MECHANICAL module. The controller is configured to detect a mechanical event
ACTUATOR coupling to the electromechanical module, select an actuation signal to
position the mechanical element in a safe position between the first and
second positions, and transmit the selected signal. such that the
mechanical element is positioned in the safe position during the event.
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MULTI-PART US 8,879,272 B2 Dec. 6, 2011 Nov. 4, 2014 Multi-part substrate arrangements that yield low profile configurations Kyle H. Yeates; James SAMNDCA30013057
SUBSTRATE are disclosed. One aspect pertains to portable electronic devices are Bilanski; Dennis Pyper
ASSEMBLIES FOR able to have low profiles through use of multi-part substrate
LOW PROFILE arrangements. Another aspect pertains to methods for assembling two
PORTABLE or more separate substrates into a multi-part substrate. By use of multi-
ELECTRONIC part substrate arrangements according to the invention, portable
DEVICES electronic devices are able to be thinner and more compact.
METHOD FOR US 8,893,373 B2 Aug. 24, 2012 Nov. 25, 2014 An assembly method suitable for assembling a portable electronic Fletcher R. Rothkopf; SAMNDCA30013074
ASSEMBLING A device having a housing with an undercut portion is disclosed. The Phillip M. Hobson;
PORTABLE method includes aligning a non-display portion of a display assembly Christopher M. Werner
ELECTRONIC with the undercut portion of the housing, the display assembly
DEVICE comprising a display, a protective top layer covering a top side of the
display portion and the non-display portion and a battery module
attached to an underside of the display assembly, electrically
connecting the battery to a circuit previously installed in the housing,
angling the display assembly in relation to a front opening of the
housing in a tilted configuration such that the non-display portion is
partially inserted into the undercut portion of the housing, and in the
tilted configuration, performing a preinstall functional test on the
display and fully inserting the display assembly into the housing only
when the pre-install functional test is successfully completed.
ELECTRONIC US 8,923,693 B2 Jun. 30, 2010 Dec. 30, 2014 Embodiments disclosed therein generally pertain to selectively Kyle H. Yeates SAMNDCA30013089
DEVICE HAVING strengthening glass. More particularly, techniques are described for
SELECTIVELY selectively strengthening cover glass, which tends to be thin, for
STRENGTHENED electronic devices. namely, portable electronic devices. In certain
COVER GLASS embodiments, selectively strengthening glass, such as cover glass, can
be used to provide optical barriers (or channels) internal to the glass.
The electronic devices can also provide for camera integration behind
the cover glass.
SHIELDING FOR US 8,944,850 B2 Oct. 22, 2012 Feb. 3, 2015 Connectors having improved signal paths. An illustrative embodiment George Marc Simmel; SAMNDCA30013102
EDGE CONNECTOR of the present invention may provide a connector having a pair of first Joshua Funamura
contacts adjacent to each other. Two second contacts may be located on
each side of and adjacent to the pair of first contacts. The second
contacts may include a front beam portion that contacts a front shield
located along a front face of the connector. The front shield may in turn
connect to a top shield that at least partially covers a top, sides, and
back of the connector.
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ANTENNA US 8,952,860 B2 Mar. 1, 2011 Feb. 10, 2015 Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable Qingxiang Li; Robert SAMNDCA30013111
STRUCTURES WITH computers. An electronic device may have a housing in which an W. Schlub; Jonathan
CARRIERS AND antenna is mounted. The housing may be formed of conductive Hayes; Enrique Ayala
SHIELDS materials. A dielectric window may be mounted in the housing to allow Vazquez; Yingmeng
radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow Wu
the antenna to receive radiofrequency signals. A proximity sensor
adjacent to the dielectric window may be used in detecting external
objects. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element that is
mounted against an inner surface of a display cover glass layer. The
antenna resonating element may be mounted to an upper surface of a
plastic carrier. An electromagnetic shield may be mounted on a lower
surface of the plastic carrier above the proximity sensor.
DEVICE, METHOD, US 8,957,865 B2 Sep. 25, 2009 Feb. 17, 2015 In some embodiments, an electronic device with a display and a touch- Avi E. Cieplinski; SAMNDCA30013125
AND GRAPHICAL sensitive surface displays a user interface object. The device detects a Timothy David
USER INTERFACE first contact and a second contact concurrently on the touch-sensitive Cherna; Jeffrey Traer
FOR MANIPULATING surface. The device determines which contact of the first contact and Bernstein; B. Michael
A USER INTERFACE the second contact is a topmost contact, a bottommost contact, a Victor
OBJECT leftmost contact, and a rightmost contact on the touch-sensitive surface.
While continuing to detect the first contact and the second contact, the
device detects movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive
surface, and concurrently moves two edges of the user interface object
that correspond to the first contact in accordance with the detected
movement of the first contact, including horizontally moving one of the
two edges and vertically moving the other of the two edges.
CAM-ACTION ANTI- US 8,963,033 B2 Sep. 9, 2011 Feb. 24, 2015 A cam-action anti-rolling mechanism for buttons is described herein. Bryan Patrick Kiple; SAMNDCA30013210
ROLL BUTTON One embodiment may take the form of a button having a body with a Jared M. Kole;
slot extending therethrough. The slot has a normal orientation to a Michael Wittenberg
direction of motion for the button. The button also includes a cam bar
having a first portion extending through the slot and a second portion
offset from and parallel to the first portion. The cam bar is coupled in a
slip fit manner within the slot to the body and the second portion
provides a rotational axis for the cam bar. A fixture coupled to the
second portion of the cam bar is provided to allow for rotation of the
cam bar.
BATTERY US 8,989,821 B2 Aug. 31, 2011 Mar. 24, 2015 Electronic devices having improved battery configurations, and more Benjamin John Pope; SAMNDCA30013240
CONFIGURATIONS specifically configurations reducing overall space required for a battery Daniel William Jarvis
FOR ELECTRONIC and attendant electronics, as well as providing restraining mechanisms
DEVICES to prevent a battery from impacting these electronics.
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PROXIMITY SENSOR US 8,996,082 B2 Nov. 19, 2010 Mar. 31, 2015 A radiation passing layer has a top surface and a bottom surface below Ching Yu John Tam SAMNDCA30013253
ARRANGEMENT which a proximity sensor is positioned. A visible light opaque layer
HAVING A COLD covers the bottom surface of the radiation passing layer except for an
MIRROR IN A opening therein that allows radiation from the emitter to pass, and
MOBILE DEVICE scattered radiation to pass to the detector. A radiation shield is between
the emitter and the detector, and extends to the bottom of the radiation
passing layer. A cold mirror is between the shield and the bottom
surface of the radiation passing layer, covering the opening in the
opaque layer. A radiation absorber being a separate piece and a
different material than the shield provides a radiation seal between the
top surface of the shield and the bottom surface of the cold mirror.
COMPOSITE US 9,011,623 B2 Mar. 3, 2011 Apr. 21, 2015 A composite enclosure for housing electronic devices, and methods Kevin M. Kenney; SAMNDCA30013263
ENCLOSURE related thereto, are provided. In particular, in some embodiments, a Peter N. Russell-
method of manufacturing a composite enclosure for housing electronic Clarke
devices includes winding composite material about a mandrel and
curing the composite material to create a composite hoop. A panel is
formed in a separate process that includes stacking a plurality of
composite layers in a mold and curing the composite layers to create a
composite panel. The composite hoop and the composite panel are
bonded together to form the composite enclosure.
METHOD AND US 9,020,177 B2 Sep. 30, 2011 Apr. 28, 2015 Apparatus, systems and methods for providing a speaker with a Sawyer I. Cohen SAMNDCA30013284
APPARATUS FOR backvolume that can be used in a portable electronic device are
CONSTRUCTION OF disclosed. The backvolume can be arranged to fit into a small,
AN ACOUSTIC irregularly shaped space, thereby efficiently utilizing available space.
MODULE In one embodiment, the backvolume can have a reduced wall thickness.
DYNAMICALLY US 9,024,823 B2 May 27, 2011 May 5, 2011 Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless Peter Bevelacqua SAMNDCA30013300
ADJUSTABLE communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may
ANTENNA include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry coupled to an adjustable
SUPPORTING antenna. The adjustable antenna may contain conductive antenna
MULTIPLE ANTENNA structure such as conductive electronic device housing structures.
MODES Electrical components such as switches and resonant circuits may be
used in configuring the antenna to operate in two or more different
antenna modes at different respective communications bands. Control
circuitry may be used in controlling the switches. The antenna may be
configured to operate as an inverted-F antenna in one mode of
operation and a slot antenna in a second mode of operation.
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TECHNIQUES FOR US 9,033,739 B2 Sep. 10, 2012 May 19, 2015 An electronic device including a connector. The connector includes a Jason S. Sloey SAMNDCA30013323
SHIELDING housing defining a cavity for receiving a mating connector. The
CONNECTORS THAT housing includes a contact support member. The connector also
ALLOW FOR includes contacts supported by the contact support member, the
CONFORMAL contacts including protruding portions that protrude outside of the
COATING AGAINST cavity. The connector may also include a shielding element disposed
CORROSION over the protruding portion of at least some of the contacts. A moisture
sealant may be disposed within a gap located between the contacts and
the shielding element. In one embodiment, a cap may be provided
between the housing and the shielding. The cap and the housing may
each include an aperture for viewing a moisture indicator, and at least
one of the cap and the housing may include cutouts for holding a
transparent element.
PORTABLE US 9,049,302 B2 Jun. 28, 2007 Jun. 2, 2015 A computer-implemented method, performed at a portable Scott Forstall; Scott SAMNDCA30013346
MULTIFUNCTION multifunction device with a display, includes: receiving a plurality of Herz; Freddy Allen
DEVICE, METHOD, communications via a plurality of communication modalities while the Anzures; Greg
AND GRAPHICAL device is in a locked state; and detecting an unlock interaction by the Christie; Imran
USER INTERFACE user with the device. In response to detecting the unlock interaction, the Chaudhri; Marcel Van
FOR MANAGING method further includes unlocking the device and presenting a Os
COMMUNICATIONS communication, or information about the communication, in the
RECEIVED WHILE IN plurality of communications that was received while the device was in
A LOCKED STATE the locked state. The presented communication or information is
presented in accordance with the corresponding communication
modality.
INTERNAL FRAME US 9,049,801 B2 Jan. 31, 2013 Jun. 2, 2015 A thin portable electronic device with a display is described. The Fletcher R. Rothkopf; SAMNDCA30013378
OPTIMIZED FOR components of the electronic device can be arranged in stacked layers Phillip M. Hobson;
STIFFNESS AND within an external housing where each of the stacked layers is located Adam Mittleman;
HEAT TRANSFER at a different height relative to the thickness of the device. One of the Anna-Katrina
stacked lavers can be internal metal frame. The internal metal frame Shedletsky
can be configured to act as a heat spreader for heat generating
components located in layers adjacent to the internal frame. Further, the
internal metal frame can be configured to add to the overall structural
stiffness of the device. In addition, the internal metal frame can be
configured to provide attachment points for device components, such
as the display, so that the device components can be coupled to the
external housing via the internal metal frame.
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SYSTEMS AND US 9,084,357 B2 Sep. 11, 2012 Jul. 14, 2015 Systems and methods for routing cables in an electronic device are Anna-Katrina SAMNDCA30013395
METHODS FOR provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a Shedletsky;
ROUTING CABLES IN touch sensor having a number of traces, a display component, and a Christopher M.
AN ELECTRONIC mechanical button, each of which may be coupled to a circuit board via Werner; Colin M. Ely;
DEVICE a single flexible circuit cable. This may save valuable space within the Fletcher R. Rothkopf;
electronic device. Ming Leong; Phillip
Michael Hobson
ION IMPLANT US 9,092,187 B2 Jan. 8, 2013 Jul. 28, 2015 An aluminum oxide ceramic is formed into a sapphire component for Kelvin Kwong SAMNDCA30013416
INDICIA FOR COVER an electronic device. Indicia are embedded into at least one major
GLASS OR DISPLAY surface of the component, for example by ion implantation, where ions
COMPONENT are fixed into a subsurface pattern layer. The subsurface pattern layer
defines the indicia by altering an optical or chromatic property of the
aluminum oxide material, so that the indicia are visible from an
external surface of the component.
ANTI-ROTATIONAL US 9,099,264 B2 Sep. 7, 2012 Aug. 4, 2015 Systems and methods for providing input component assemblies with Anna-Katrina SAMNDCA30013429
BUTTONS anti-rotational buttons in electronic devices are provided. The input Shedletsky; Colin M.
component assembly includes a switch, a button positioned over the Ely; Phillip Michael
switch, where the button is operative to close at least one circuit of the Hobson
switch when the button is depressed towards the switch, and at least
one pin positioned underneath the button, where the at least one pin is
operative to engage with a surface to assist in preventing rotation of the
button, when the button is depressed towards the switch.
FORMATION OF US 9,109,093 B2 Mar. 3, 2011 Aug. 18, 2015 Materials, apparatus and methods of forming structural components for Michael K. Pilliod; SAMNDCA30013443
STRUCTURAL consumer electronics devices are described. In one embodiment, Paul Choiniere
COMPONENTS ceramic fibers, such as alumina, are mixed with a thermoplastic, such
USING CERAMIC as nylon, to form a composite material usable in an injection molding
FIBERS process. The volume percent of ceramic fibers used with the
thermoplastic can be selected to improve the strength properties of the
composite material. Pigments can be added to the composite material to
affect its aesthetic appeal. In one embodiment, the composite material
including the ceramic fibers can be used to form frame components
usable in a consumer electronic device. The frame components can be
load bearing structures that are externally visible or used within the
interior of the device.
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MULTI-MODE US 9,135,188 B2 Nov. 11, 2014 Sep. 15, 2015 An adapter can be used to connect a portable electronic device to an Gregg Golembeski; SAMNDCA30013457
ADAPTER accessory in instances where the portable electronic device and the Jason J. Yew; Shyam
accessory have incompatible connectors. The adapter provides two S. Toprani
connectors, one compatible with the portable electronic device and the
other compatible with the accessory. The adapter has several modes of
operation. The portable electronic device selects the appropriate mode
of operation for the adapter once it receives information about the
accessory connected to the adapter. The portable electronic device
instructs the adapter to switch to the selected mode and in response the
adapter configures its internal circuitry to enable the selected mode.
The portable electronic device can then communicate with the
accessory via the adapter. The presence of the adapter can be
transparent to the accessory.
BATTERY CELL US 9,136,509 B2 May 27, 2011 Sep. 15, 2015 A battery includes a battery cell having a pair of cell electrodes that are Ching Yu John Tam; SAMNDCA30013487
WITH AN encased in a laminated pouch. The laminated pouch has a conductive Craig C. Birrell
INTEGRATED POUCH moisture barrier layer that is sandwiched between respective
METAL FOIL electrically insulating layers. Several terminals are integrated with the
TERMINAL pouch, including a first terminal and a second terminal that are directly
connected to the first and second cell electrodes, respectively, and a
third terminal that is directly connected to the conductive moister
barrier layer. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
SYSTEMS AND US 9,146,588 B2 Sep. 30, 2012 Sep. 29, 2015 Systems and methods for securing components of an electronic device Jared M. Kole; SAMNDCA30013501
METHODS FOR are provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include Michael Benjamin
SECURING a housing having an opening, a cover resting on a portion of the Wittenberg; Shayan
COMPONENTS OF AN electronic device in a first cover position within the opening, and a lock Malek
ELECTRONIC component configured to move within the housing from a first lock
DEVICE position to a second lock position for securing the cover in the first
cover position.
METHODS AND US 9,148,972 B2 May 27, 2014 Sep. 29, 2015 Methods and apparatus for creating an overall assembly formed from a Kyle H. Yeates SAMNDCA30013526
SYSTEMS FOR transparent member and a metal member are disclosed. According to
INTEGRALLY one aspect of the present invention, a method includes positioning a
TRAPPING A GLASS transparent member in a mold configured for insertion molding, and
INSERT IN A METAL providing a liquid metal into the mold. The method also includes
BEZEL hardening the liquid metal in the mold. Hardening the liquid metal
includes binding the metal to the transparent member to create the
integral assembly.
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CAMERA RELATED US 9,179,055 B2 Apr. 17, 2014 Nov. 3, 2015 This application relates primarily to various apparatus and method for Lee E. Hooton; SAMNDCA30013550
FEATURES OF A securing and protecting a camera module within a device housing. The Douglas S. Brodie;
MOBILE PHONE OR securing and protecting elements are configured to take up minimal Matthew D. Hill;
COMPUTING DEVICE space within the device housing so that available space for the camera Nicholas G. Merz;
module is maximized. In some embodiments the securing elements can Scott A. Myers;
also include grounding features. Terence N. Tam
GLASS ALIGNMENT US 9,193,618 B2 Oct. 31, 2012 Nov. 24, 2015 Apparatus, systems and methods for alignment of a glass member for Donald Ross; Adam SAMNDCA30013568
FOR HIGH high temperature processing are disclosed. The high temperature Stagnaro; Matthew
TEMPERATURE processing can, for example, pertain to a slumping process to mold Theobald; Andrew
PROCESSES glass into a predetermined shape (e.g. a three-dimensional shape). In Davidson; Michael
one embodiment, a glass slumping system can have a mold and an Kane Pilliod
alignment system that support a glass member to be slumped relative to
the mold. The alignment system may have a plurality of alignment
members being configured to move away from the glass member as the
temperature increases during the slumping process to allow the glass
member to bend around the mold without interference.
MEDIA DEVICE WITH US 9,197,338 B2 Jun. 18, 2015 Nov. 24, 2015 A personal media device including a broadcast receiver that receives Jeffery Lee; Michael SAMNDCA30013588
ENHANCED DATA broadcast media and broadcast media data from a broadcast source Ignazio Ingrassia
RETRIEVAL where the broadcast media data includes a media identifier associated
FEATURE with the broadcast media. The media device also includes a data
transceiver that sends a retrieval request to a media server for enhanced
media data where the retrieval request includes the media identifier and
receives the enhanced media data via a wireless data channel. The
media device further includes a processor that performs a media device
operation in response to the received enhanced media data.
THIN SHEET GLASS US 9,207,528 B2 Sep. 30, 2010 Dec. 8, 2015 Improved techniques are disclosed for fabrication of touch panels using Seung Jae Hong; Lili SAMNDCA30013608
PROCESSING thin sheet glass. Thin touch sensor panels each having a thickness of Huang; John Z. Zhong
substantially less than approximately one-half millimeter can be
produced. A thin mother glass sheet having a thickness of substantially
less then approximately one half millimeter can be used. A thin film
can be coupled to a surface of the thin mother glass sheet, and the thin
film can be photolithographically patterned, while avoiding breakage of
the thin mother glass sheet. The thin mother glass sheet can be
singulated into the thin touch sensor panels.
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MULTI-LEVEL US 9,207,730 B2 Jun. 2, 2011 Dec. 8, 2015 An electronic device is configured to manage heat in the device using a Jonathan Jay Andrews SAMNDCA30013632
THERMAL multi level thermal management process. When the temperature of the
MANAGEMENT IN device reaches a level that requires the device to take action to adjust
AN ELECTRONIC its thermal behavior, a system level controller identifies a component in
DEVICE the device as being active and that can be controlled to adjust heat
generation in the device. Once an active component is identified, a
component level controller sets an activity limit for the identified active
component that is at or above a minimum activity limit of the
component and prevents the component from operating above this
activity limit. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
ENCLOSURE US 9,213,375 B2 Sep. 6, 2012 Dec. 15, 2015 An enclosure assembly and systems and methods for using the same Shashikant G. Hegde; SAMNDCA30013651
ASSEMBLY AND are disclosed. The enclosure assembly may include a base plate, a Ashutosh Y. Shukla;
SYSTEMS AND plurality of sidewalls, and one or more insulator layers disposed on the Kenta K. Williams
METHODS FOR sidewalls. When coupled to a module, the enclosure assembly may
USING THE SAME least partially enclose the module to prevent the spread of EMI, to
assist in heat dissipation, to protect the structural integrity of the
module, and the like.
RETENTION SYSTEM US 9,215,817 B1 Jul. 11, 2014 Dec. 15, 2015 A system and method for retaining enclosure components of an Sawyer I. Cohen; SAMNDCA30013674
FOR DYNAMIC electronic device that can experience a range of dynamic forces is Ashutosh Y. Shukla;
LOADING disclosed. The electronic device includes a cover component and a Edward S. Huo;
housing component. The electronic device also contains a retention Michael Benjamin
system that includes a spring clip and a compressible layer for retaining Wittenberg
a portion of the cover component to the housing component. The
retention system provides a variable retention force that resists the
separation of the cover and housing components. If the electronic
device experiences a force that is applied abruptly, such as in the case
of an unintentional drop event, the variable retention force is high,
increasing the retention between the cover and housing components. If
the electronic device experiences a slower and gradual force, such as in
the case of intentional disassembly. The variable retention force is low,
allowing the disassembly of the electronic device.
SAPPHIRE WINDOW US 9,221,289 B2 Jul. 27, 2012 Dec. 29, 2015 Methods for creating sapphire windows are provided herein. In Christopher D. Prest; SAMNDCA30013695
particular, one embodiment may take the form of a method of Ashutosh Y. Shukla;
manufacturing sapphire windows. The method includes obtaining a Dale N. Memering;
polished sapphire wafer and applying decoration to the sapphire wafer. Vashist
The method also includes cutting the sapphire wafer into discrete Vasanthakumar;
windows. In some embodiments, the cutting step comprises laser Vincent Yan; Thomas
ablation of the sapphire. Johannessen
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ASSEMBLY OF A US 9,223,345 B2 Jun. 21, 2013 Dec. 29, 2015 This invention is directed to several mechanical features of an Teodor Dabov; SAMNDCA30013717
HANDHELD electronic device. The electronic device may include a spring for Fletcher R. Rothkopf;
ELECTRONIC simultaneously grounding several components. The electronic device Philipe R. Manoux
DEVICE may include several interlocking fences for protecting electronic device
components from RF radiation. The electronic device may include an
antenna assembly that includes distinct components for functional and
aesthetic purposes. The electronic device may include a window for
permitting RF transmissions. The electronic device may include a metal
frame for stiffening the electronic device. The electronic device may
include a bezel used for aesthetic purposes and to support numerous
electronic device components. The electronic device may include a
flexible housing operative to elastically deform to assemble the
electronic device. The electronic device may include an unsupported
button.
RETENTION KEY US 9,225,115 B2 Jun. 7, 2013 Dec. 29, 2015 Board-to-board connectors that consume a minimal amount of board Shayan Malek; SAMNDCA30013744
LOCK FOR BOARD- area, are simple to assemble, and provide a clear indication that a Astoush Y. Shukla;
TO-BOARD proper connection has been made. One example may consume minimal Michael B. Wittenberg
CONNECTORS area, since only a retention key and slots in boards and connectors are
needed. The connector may be simple to assemble since it may be as
simple as stacking components, pushing down, and turning a retention
key. Further, a first and a first line on a key and a cowling maybe
aligned after assembly to provide a clear indication that the connector
has been properly assembled.
CERAMIC INSERT US 9,232,672 B2 Jan. 10, 2013 Jan. 5, 2016 A control mechanism for an electronic device comprises a cover glass Kelvin Kwong; SAMNDCA30013755
CONTROL having an aperture defined therein. The aperture extends from an Benjamin J. Pope;
MECHANISM interior to an exterior of the device. A control member is positioned Nicholas G. Merz
within the aperture, coupled to an actuator. The control member
comprises a ceramic insert having a contact surface exposed to the
exterior of the housing, operable to actuate the actuator in response to a
force on the contact surface. A bearing member is molded about the
insert. The bearing member has a hardness less than that of the ceramic
insert, and less than that of the cover glass.
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AUDIO PORT US 9,237,389 B2 May 13, 2013 Jan. 12, 2016 A portable electronic device that provides compact configurations for Michelle Yu; Richard SAMNDCA30013770
CONFIGURATION audio elements are disclosed. The audio elements can be drivers (e.g., Hung Minh Dinh;
FOR COMPACT speakers) or receivers (e.g., microphones). In one embodiment, an Tang Yew Tan;
ELECTRONIC audio element can be mounted on or coupled to an intermediate Shaohai Chen
DEVICES structure (e.g., a flexible electrical substrate) having an opening therein
to allow audio sound to pass there through. In another embodiment, an
audio chamber can be formed to assist in directing audio sound
between an opening an outer housing and a flexible electronic substrate
to which the audio element is mounted or coupled thereto. In still
another embodiment, a barrier, such as a mesh barrier, can be provided
in an opening of an outer housing so that undesired foreign substances
can be blocked from further entry into the opening in the outer housing.
SELF CAPTURING US 9,263,204 B2 Oct. 1, 2012 Feb. 16, 2016 A housing of an electronic device encloses and supports at least one Felix Jose Alvarez SAMNDCA30013786
AND KEYED MOBILE operational component and includes at least one opening sized to Rivera; Wey-Jiun Lin;
DEVICE BUTTON accommodate a mechanical input assembly. The mechanical input Emery Sanford
assembly includes a feature arranged to receive an input event, at least
a portion of the feature exposed at an outside surface of the housing, an
operational indicia visible on the exposed portion and having a
preferred orientation with respect to the housing, the operational
indicial providing an indication of how an operation of the operational
component is influenced, and a shaft having a size and shape in
accordance with the opening, the shaft attached to the external feature
at a first end and an integrally formed self-capturing feature at the
second end. The self-capturing feature is inserted into the opening until
activated. The indicia is then properly aligned and the mechanical input
assembly is locked to the housing.
METHOD FOR US 9,263,842 B2 Apr. 22, 2014 Feb. 16, 2016 An electronic device is provided. The device may include a plate John Benjamin Filson; SAMNDCA30013805
ASSEMBLING placed behind a screen formed from a window and a display module to Duane Lawrence
ELECTRONIC provide the screen with additional stiffness (e.g., to resist dropping Fowler
DEVICE events). The window may be maintained in the electronic device by
trapping the window between a bezel and the display module. In some
embodiments, the window may include a chamfered edge operative to
be received by a recessed edge in the bezel. In some embodiments, the
input mechanism of the electronic device may be metallic and need to
be grounded, but may be surrounded by components or other non-
grounding components. The device may include screws operative to
pass through a circuit board to reach a frame, which may serve as a
ground, where the screws are located in proximity of the button. In
some embodiments. the circuit board may include an additional
component for grounding the button.
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BULK AMORPHOUS US 9,279,733 B2 Jul. 3, 2012 Mar. 8, 2016 Pressure sensing systems comprising bulk-solidifying amorphous Christopher D. Prest; SAMNDCA30013814
ALLOY PRESSURE alloys and pressure-sensitive switches containing bulk-solidifying Matthew S. Scott;
SENSOR amorphous alloys. The bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys are capable Stephen P. Zadesky;
of repeated deformation upon application of pressure, and change their Dermot J. Stratton.;
electrical resistivity upon deformation, thereby enabling measurement Joseph C. Poole;
of the change in resistivity and consequently, measuring the Theodore A. Waniuk
deformation and amount of pressure applied.
LOAD SHARING US 9,288,928 B2 Jun. 27, 2014 Mar. 15, 2016 A bracket configured to be interposed between the housing of a mobile Albert J. Golko; Eric SAMNDCA30013840
DEVICE AND I/O electronic device and an electrical receptacle that is disposed in the S. Jol; Charles B.
ARCHITECTURE mobile electronic device. The bracket includes a bracket body, an Woodhull
AGAINST IMPARTED elongated opening through the bracket and a sheath surrounding
ABUSE LOADS portions of the bracket body. The bracket body includes an elongated
protrusion extending in a front direction from the front face of the
bracket body and a pair of fastener accommodations extending through
the bracket body, each fastener accommodation disposed on opposite
sides of the elongated protrusion. The sheath includes a first portion
surrounding a portion of the bracket body elongated protrusion and a
second portion including a pair of fastener openings.
SYNCHRONIZED US 9,305,402 B2 Jan. 2, 2014 Apr. 5, 2016 A device can receive live video of a real-world, physical environment Brett C. Bilbrey; SAMNDCA30013854
INTERACTIVE on a touch sensitive surface. One or more objects can be identified in Nicholas V. King;
AUGMENTED the live video. An information layer can be generated related to the Aleksandar Pance
REALITY DISPLAYS objects. In some implementations, the information layer can include
FOR annotations made by a user through the touch sensitive surface. The
MULTIFUNCTION information layer and live video can be combined in a display of the
DEVICES device. Data can be received from one or more onboard sensors
indicating that the device is in motion. The sensor data can be used to
synchronize the live video and the information layer as the perspective
of video camera view changes due to the motion. The live video and
information layer can be shared with other devices over a
communication link.
BIOMETRIC SENSOR US 9,305,959 B2 Jun. 3, 2014 Apr. 5, 2016 A sensor includes a sensor array formed on a first side of a substrate Milind S. Bhagavat; SAMNDCA30013873
CHIP HAVING and at least one circuit operative to communicate with the sensor array Jun Zhai
DISTRIBUTED formed on a second side of the substrate. At least one via extends
SENSOR AND through the substrate to electrically connect the sensor array to the at
CONTROL least one circuit. Placing the at least one circuit on the second side of
CIRCUITRY the substrate allows the sensor array to occupy substantially all of the
first side of the substrate.
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ELECTRO-OPTIC US 9,307,158 B2 Jan. 2, 2014 Apr. 5, 2016 An electro-optic aperture has a stack that includes a front transparent Jeffrey Nathan SAMNDCA30013889
APERTURE DEVICE conductor medium, an active electro-chromic medium, and a rear Gleason; Henry H.
transparent conductor medium. The front and rear transparent Yang
conductor mediums are directly connected to each other by a
conductive section located within the imaging path. Other
FLEXIBLE SHOCK US 9,318,802 B2 Dec. 11, 2014 Apr. 19, 2016 The subject matter of the disclosure relates to connectors for antenna James B. Smith; SAMNDCA30013906
ABSORBING feed assemblies and display coupling components of a mobile device. Gregory N. Stephens;
CONNECTIONS The flexible connectors can be configured with a flexible spring Boon W. Shiu; Shayan
WITHIN A MOBILE connector component that couples a mobile device antenna to a main Malek; Marwan
COMPUTING DEVICE logic board of the mobile device within a housing of the mobile device Rammah; Scott A.
such that the flexible connector can withstand a drop event, while at the Myers; Ashutosh Y.
same providing for an in-line inductance as part of an antenna-defined Shukla; Eric N.
design requirement. The display of the mobile device can be coupled to Nyland; Matthew D.
a housing of the mobile device using a pin-screw arrangement that Hill; Michael
allows the display to controllably shift in the X-direction and the Y- Benjamin Wittenberg;
direction, while only being purposefully constrained in the Z-direction Rasamy Phouthavong;
(with reference to a 3-dimensional graph having X, Y, and Z axes). Benjamin Shane Bustle
This configuration can prevent the display from being pulled out of
alignment during a drop event.
LOW-PROFILE US 9,319,760 B2 Jan. 23, 2013 Apr. 19, 2016 A portable electronic device that provides audio sound output from Ruchi Goel; Stephen SAMNDCA30013925
SPEAKER multiple internal speakers to a common output audio opening in a R. McClure
ARRANGEMENTS housing of the portable electronic device is disclosed. In one
FOR COMPACT embodiment, the multiple internal speakers are provided in close
ELECTRONIC proximity to one another, such as adjacent to one another, and serve to
DEVICES produce audio sound pertaining to different audio channels. The sound
(i.e., pressure waves) produced by each of the internal speakers is
directed into a respective acoustic chamber and output via the output
audio opening in the housing. Accordingly, the acoustic chambers for
the multiple internal speakers can each direct their audio sound output
to the same output audio opening in the housing. The respective
acoustic chambers can be formed adjacent to one another with a
structural barrier serving to separate the distinct acoustic chambers.
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COMBINED AUDIO US 9,326,391 B2 Aug. 16, 2013 Apr. 26, 2016 Enclosures for electronic devices are provided. These enclosures can be Charles B. Woodhull; SAMNDCA30013939
JACK AND MOBILE integrally formed with a full or partial receptacle connector shell for Jason S. Sloey
ELECTRONIC receiving electrical connectors such as audio connectors or plugs. For
DEVICE ENCLOSURE example, an enclosure made from a polymer can be integrally formed
with an audio jack shell in an injection molding process. As another
example, an enclosure can be integrally formed with one or more full
or partial walls of an audio jack shell to form a single piece of polymer
or metal and the remaining walls of the audio jack shell can be
overmolded or assembled to the polymer or metal walls of the audio
jack and proximate portions of the enclosure to form a full or complete
audio jack shell.
HYBRID FORCE US 9,329,719 B2 Jun. 11, 2013 May 3, 2016 A hybrid touch-screen display that integrates force-based touch-screen Anders L. Mölne; SAMNDCA30013955
SENSITIVE TOUCH technology with any one from among a group of projective capacitive, David Griffith
DEVICES surface capacitive, resistive, digital resistive, SAW, IR, APR, DST,
optical and electromagnetic touch-screen technologies to provide an
ability to compensate for non-perfect force transfer. An alternate
implementation is also disclosed that employs a single force sensor for
relative force measurement in a system in which force is traditionally
not measured, here a water dispenser unit. This allows compensation
for varying static loads, run-time calibration, and filtering of extraneous
loads through firmware.
BATTERY WITH US 9,331,358 B2 Jan. 26, 2010 May 3, 2016 The disclosed embodiments provide a battery cell which includes a set Ramesh C. Bhardwaj; SAMNDCA30013965
MULTIPLE JELLY of jelly rolls enclosed in a pouch. Each jelly roll includes layers which Taisup Hwang;
ROLLS IN A SINGLE are wound together, including a cathode with an active coating, a Richard M. Mank.
POUCH separator, and an anode with an active coating. The battery cell also
includes a first set of conductive tabs and a second set of conductive
tabs. Each of the first set of conductive tabs is coupled to the cathode of
one of the jelly rolls, and each of the second set of conductive tabs is
coupled to the anode of one of the jelly rolls. At least one of the first set
and one of the second set of conductive tabs extend through seals in the
pouch to provide terminals for the battery cell.
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ELECTRONIC US 9,338,908 B2 Feb. 11, 2015 May 10, 2016 The embodiments described herein relate to methods, systems, and Napthaneal Y. Tan; SAMNDCA30013977
DEVICES WITH structures for cutting a part to form a highly reflective and smooth Lucy Elizabeth
REFLECTIVE surface thereon. In some embodiments, the part includes substantially Browning
CHAMFER horizontal and vertical surfaces with edges and comers. In described
SURFACES embodiments, a diamond cutter is used to cut a surface of the part
during a milling operation where the diamond cutter contacts the part a
number of times with each rotation of the spindle of a milling machine.
The diamond cutter has a cutting edge and a land. The cutting edge cuts
the surface of the part and the land burnishes the surface of the part to
form a highly reflective and smooth surface. Thus, the diamond cutter
cuts and burnishes portions of the part, thereby eliminating a
subsequent polishing step.
AUDIO JACK US 9,363,343 B2 Aug. 29, 2014 Jun. 7, 2016 An electronic device enclosure that includes a housing and a frame and Matthew P. Rao; SAMNDCA30013999
CONNECTOR an integrally formed connector shell. The connector shell includes a Stefan C. Mag; Trent
INTEGRATED INTO first portion integrally fom1ed with the housing and a second portion K. Do
ENCLOSURE integrally formed with the frame. The first and second portions of the
connector shell are joined at first and second mating surfaces,
respectively, forming a cavity therebetween in which a plurality of
receptacle connector contacts are positioned.
SNAP DOMES AS US 9,389,721 B2 Feb. 9, 2012 Jul. 12, 2016 A protection mechanism for force-based touch sensitive input panels or Mark Lackey SAMNDCA30014014
SENSOR displays comprising a "snap dome", e.g., a semi-rigid pliable dome
PROTECTION positioned over each sensor for increased overload protection. The snap
dome is unidirectionally-resilient to a known point of collapse. It
therefore imparts a predetermined resistance to compression over a
known range of travel along the z-axis, but is unyielding along the x-
and y-axis. As the touch panel is depressed toward the standoff. The
snap dome resists compression until it collapses, allowing the touch
panel to encounter the standoff. The standoff then imparts dead-stop
overload force protection to the sensors. This allows for the placement
of mechanical stops (such as stop screws) with a less exacting
tolerance. Moreover, the snap domes introduce no x- or y-axis force
losses/increases, and do not cause tilting of the touch panel. The touch
force remains perfectly perpendicular and accuracy is preserved.
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ELECTRONIC US 9,411,451 B2 Apr. 21, 2015 Aug. 9, 2016 Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that Scott A. Myers; SAMNDCA30014026
DEVICES WITH are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent Stephen Brian Lynch;
SIDEWALL flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge Anthony S.
DISPLAYS displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or Montevirgen
from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or
painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display
pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may
alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational
displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons
may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback
components, audio feedback components, or other components for
providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.
ANTENNA, US 9,444,131 B2 Mar. 4, 2014 Sep. 13, 2016 A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing Erik A. Uttermann; SAMNDCA30014053
SHIELDING AND device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet Jeremy C. Franklin;
GROUNDING computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include a Stephen C. McClure;
single piece housing formed from a radio opaque material with a cover Sean S. Corbin;
formed from a radio transparent material. To implement a wireless Qingxiang Li; Rodney
interface, an antenna stack-up can be provided that allows an antenna A. Gomez Angulo
to be mounted to a bottom of the cover. Methods and apparatus are
provided for improving wireless performance. For instance, in one
embodiment, a metal housing can be thinned to improve antenna
performance. As another example, a faraday cage can be formed
around speaker drivers to improve antenna performance.
ELECTRONIC US 9,502,750 B2 Apr. 2, 2013 Nov. 22, 2016 An electronic device may have an antenna for providing coverage in Salih Yarga; SAMNDCA30014082
DEVICE WITH wireless communications bands of interest. The wireless Qingxiang Li; Robert
REDUCED EMITTED communications bands may include a communications band at a first W. Schlub
RADIATION DURING frequency. The antenna may have a parasitic antenna resonating
LOADED ANTENNA element that supports a low efficiency resonance. In response to
OPERATING operation of the electronic device in free space, the low efficiency
CONDITIONS resonance will be located at a second frequency that is greater than the
first frequency. In response to operation of the electronic device in
proximity to a user's body or other external object, the antenna will be
loaded and the low efficiency resonance associated with the parasitic
antenna resonating element will shift to the communications band at the
first frequency. The antenna may include a resonating element formed
on a flexible printed circuit or a dielectric carrier such as a plastic
support structure.
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MAGNETOMETER US 9,506,754 B2 Mar. 25, 2014 Nov. 29, 2016 A parameter related to the Earth's magnetic field can be used to Robert Mayor; Patrick SAMNDCA30014103
ACCURACY AND determine accuracy of a magnetometer of a mobile device. In one Piemonte; Ronald
USE aspect, a first instance of a parameter related to Earth's magnetic field is Keryuan Huang; Parin
determined using data generated by the magnetometer. The Patel
magnetometer data can be based in part on a position of the mobile
device with respect to the Earth. A second instance of the parameter
can be determined using data generated by a model of Earth's magnetic
field. The model data can also be based in part on the position of the
mobile device with respect to the Earth. The first instance of the
parameter can be compared with the second instance of the parameter.
An accuracy metric for the magnetometer can be determined based on a
result of the comparison. An indication of the accuracy metric can be
presented by the mobile device.
BACKLIGHT AND US 9,513,739 B2 Mar. 10, 2014 Dec. 6, 2016 Apparatuses and methods to operate a display device of an electronic Scott M. Herz; Roberto SAMNDCA30014118
AMBIENT LIGHT device. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a user G. Yepez; Scott
SENSOR SYSTEM setting or input of a display control parameter, and causing or altering, Forstall; Patrick L.
based on the user setting or input, an effect of an ambient light sensor Coffman
value (ALS) on control of the display control parameter. The user input
maybe an unlock of a touch screen input capability of the display
device, and a wake of the display device from inactivity dim. Also,
according to embodiments of the inventions, a method of operating a
display of an electronic device includes receiving a change to one of a
display brightness output level and an ambient light sensor output level,
and altering, according to the change. a display brightness or contrast
output level. Other apparatuses and methods and data processing
systems and machine readable media are also described.
DISPLAY DEVICE US 9,530,358 B2 Feb. 20, 2013 Dec. 27, 2016 Systems and methods are provided for a display device including one William Bryson SAMNDCA30014153
CONTROL BASED ON or more methods for modifying the display brightness by automatically Gardner, Jr.
INTEGRATED adapting to ambient lighting conditions.
AMBIENT LIGHT
DETECTION AND
LIGHTING SOURCE
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PIEZOELECTRIC US 9,531,926 B2 Nov. 24, 2014 Dec. 27, 2016 In some embodiments, a camera component includes an annular lens Simon S. Lee; Qiang SAMNDCA30014169
ACTUATOR FOR holder component having a threaded interior surface for translating Yang
CAMERA MODULE rotational motion of an optics barrel component into motion along an
optical axis of the optics barrel component. In some embodiments, the
threaded interior surface of the lens holder component includes one or
more threads complementary to one or more threads of a threaded
exterior surface of an optics barrel component. In some embodiments,
the optics barrel component is movably mounted on the threads of the
threaded interior surface of the lens holder component for rotational
motion within the lens holder component. In some embodiments, the
optics barrel has a threaded exterior surface with one or more threads
complementary to the threads of the threaded interior surface of the
lens holder component. Some embodiments include a piezoelectric
motor fixedly mounted to a base component.
HYBRID IMAGE US 9,549,099 B2 Mar. 12, 2013 Jan. 17, 2017 A method for performing correlated double sampling for a sensor, such Xiaofeng Fan SAMNDCA30014196
SENSOR as an image sensor. The method includes collecting a first charge
corresponding to a first parameter, transferring the first charge to a first
storage component, transferring the first charge from the first storage
component to a second storage component, resetting the first storage
component, transferring the first charge from the second storage
component to the first storage component, and reading the first storage
component to determine the first charge. The method may be
implemented in electronic devices including image sensors.
TEMPERATURE US 9,568,704 B1 Aug. 17, 2015 Feb. 14, 2017 In some embodiments, the method includes measuring a first Calvin K. Wong; SAMNDCA30014217
BASED CONTROL OF responsive voltage value for a first voltage drop between a first Shashikant G. Hegde;
VOICE COIL MOTOR terminal attached to a first suspension spring of an actuator housing a Richard L. Baer
voice coil motor for moving a lens assembly and a second terminal of
the magnetic coil of the voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the
method includes calculating a first resistance of the magnetic coil based
at least in part upon the first voltage value and measuring a second
responsive voltage value for a second voltage drop between the first
terminal attached and the second terminal. In some embodiments, the
method includes calculating a second resistance of the magnetic coil
based at least in part upon the second responsive voltage value and
calculating a relative temperature for the magnetic coil based at least in
part upon the first resistance and the second resistance.
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PORTABLE US 9,569,089 B2 Oct. 8, 2010 Feb. 14, 2017 A portable communication device with multi-touch input detects one or Bas Ording; Scott SAMNDCA30014245
ELECTRONIC more multi-touch contacts and motions and performs one or more Forstall; Greg Christie;
DEVICE WITH MULTI- operations on an object based on the one or more multi-touch contacts Stephen O. Lemay;
TOUCH INPUT and/or motions. The object has a resolution that is less than a pre- Imran Chaudhri
determined threshold when the operation is performed on the object,
and the object has a resolution that is greater than the pre-determined
threshold at other times.
THIN FILM US 9,570,775 B2 Sep. 27, 2013 Feb. 14, 2017 A battery assembly can be formed on a base layer provided on a Lili Huang; Richard SAMNDCA30014267
TRANSFER BATTERY temporary process substrate, with a thin film battery stack including an M. Mank
SYSTEMS anode layer, a cathode layer, and an electrolyte layer between the anode
and cathode layers. The thin film battery stack can be bonded to a
transfer layer, and the process substrate can be removed for assembly
into a battery system.
HYDROPHOBIC US 9,573,165 B2 Sep. 2, 2014 Feb. 21, 2017 A screen having a hydrophobic portion to resist the entry of liquid into Douglas J. Weber; SAMNDCA30014285
MESH COVER an acoustic module and a hydrophilic portion to aid in the removal of Naoto Matsuyuki
liquid from an acoustic chamber is described. The screen is placed in
an orifice in the acoustic module between the external environment and
the internal acoustic chamber.
CRACK MITIGATION US 9,575,507 B1 Sep. 2, 2015 Feb. 21, 2017 A cover glass including a center region and an outer region abutting the Christopher D. Jones; SAMNDCA30014302
IN AN OPTICALLY center region at an interface. The interface inhibits crack propagation Alexander W.
TRANSPARENT from the outer region to the center region and vice versa. In another Williams; Dale N.
EXTERIOR OF A embodiment the cover glass may include mitigation voids introduced Memering; Matthew S.
PORTABLE into the cover glass to inhibit crack propagation. The interface may be Rogers
ELECTRONIC formed from the mitigation voids.
DEVICE
CAPACITIVE SENSOR US 9,576,178 B2 Feb. 8, 2016 Feb. 21, 2017 An apparatus comprises a fingerprint sensor having a set of capacitive Benjamin J. Pope; SAMNDCA30014320
PACKAGING elements configured for capacitively coupling to a user fingerprint. The Shawn Arnold; Barry
fingerprint sensor may be disposed under a control button or display J. Corlett; Terry L.
element of an electronic device, for example one or more of a control Gilton; Syed Husaini;
button and a display component. A responsive element is responsive to Steven Webster; Scott
proximity of the user fingerprint, for example one or both of a first A. Myers; Matthew D.
circuit responsive to motion of the control button, and a second circuit Hill; Benjamin B.
responsive to a coupling between the fingerprint and a surface of the Lyon
display element. The fingerprint sensor is disposed closer to the
fingerprint than the responsive element. The control button or display
component may include an anisotropic dielectric material, for example
sapphire.
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DEVICE HOUSING US 9,583,285 B1 Nov. 21, 2014 Feb. 28, 2017 Input elements, handles, enclosures and alignment of such elements Bartley K. Andre; SAMNDCA30014338
HAVING IMPROVED and handles within an electronic device. The elements, such as buttons Mikael Silvanto;
TOLERANCES or input devices, and handles discussed herein may be configured, Houtan Farahani;
assembled and/or installed within and/or on an electronic device to Gavin J. Reid; Jason
ensure proper alignment and positioning within the housing of the Keats
electronic device. By properly aligning and positioning the elements
and handles within or on the housing of the electronic device, the
elements and handles may provide accurate input to the electronic
device and may be visually appealing to a user. Additionally, a two-
piece enclosure including a hook and cutout portion may secure and/or
protect the internal components of the electronic device, while also
providing a visually "seamless" connection between the two-pieces for
forming the enclosure of the electronic device.
HEAT SEALED US 9,590,377 B2 Jan. 21, 2014 Mar. 7, 2017 Heat sealing a connector assembly can be performed by providing Eric S. Jol SAMNDCA30014370
CONNECTOR connector assembly in component accessible state, overlaying sealing
ASSEMBLY tape on electrical contacts and housing, scaling tape being impregnated
with heat sensitive adhesive, the overlaying leaving the dimples
exposed, and sealing the connector assembly by applying heat to heat
sensitive sealing tape.
HOUSING FEATURES US 9,591,110 B2 Feb. 10, 2015 Mar. 7, 2017 An enclosure and a method for forming an enclosure are disclosed. The Matthew D. Hill; SAMNDCA30014391
OF AN ELECTRONIC enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further Derek C. Krass;
DEVICE include a non-metal portion allowing for transmission and receipt of Benjamin Shane
electromagnetic waves. The non-metal portion may be interlocked to Bustle; Lucy Elizabeth
the enclosure and in particular, to a region within the enclosure Browning; Michael
including a first material having a relatively high strength and stiffness Benjamin Wittenberg;
compared to the non-metal portion. Interlocking means may include James B. Smith;
forming dovetail cuts into the enclosure to receive the non-metal Ashutosh Y. Shukla;
portion, a hole or cavity drilled into the enclosure which includes Scott A. Myers
internal threads, and a rod inserted into the first material to provide a
tension to the non-metal portion. Methods of assembling internal
components using anodization are also disclosed.
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THERMALLY US 9,591,215 B1 Sep. 11, 2015 Mar. 7, 2017 Embodiments of the invention include devices, systems and methods Scott W. Miller; SAMNDCA30014417
CONDUCTIVE for using or manufacturing a camera enclosure or mobile device that Ihtesham H.
CAMERA includes a thermally conductive camera module, such as having a Chowdhury; Ryan J.
ENCLOSURE minimum thermal conductivity of 200 watts per meter Kelvin (W/mK), Dunn; Jeffrey Nathan
that enhances heat transfer between a stiffener and cap of the enclosure. Gleason
This allows heat produced by the camera to be conducted forward,
away from the bottom of the stiffener, through the stiffener, and to the
top of can so that the bottom of the stiffener does not heat to a high
temperature, components of the device or an outer surface of a cover of
the device near the bottom of the stiffener. This substantially increases
the time before or avoids having the temperature of outer surface reach
a high temperature, such as one that will be uncomfortable to the user.
LINEAR ACTUATOR US 9,608,506 B2 Feb. 17, 2016 Mar. 28, 2017 Embodiments described herein may take the form of an Brett W. Degner; SAMNDCA30014438
electromagnetic actuator that produces a haptic output during Bradley J. Hamel;
operation. Generally, an electromagnetic coil is wrapped around a David H. Narajowski;
central magnet array. A shaft passes through the central magnet array, Jonah A. Harley;
such that the central array may move along the shaft when the proper Michael E. Leclerc;
force is applied. When a current passes through the electromagnetic Patrick Kessler;
coil, the coil generates a magnetic field. The coil is stationary with Samuel Bruce Weiss;
respect to a housing of the actuator, while the central magnet array may Storrs T. Hoen
move along the shaft within the housing. Thus, excitation of the coil
exerts a force on the central magnet array, which moves in response to
that force. The direction of the current through the coil detem1ines the
direction of the magnetic field and thus the motion of the central
magnet array.
WIRE SUSPENSION US 9,615,025 B2 Sep. 5, 2014 Apr. 4, 2017 Some embodiments include an optics assembly. In some embodiments, Jeffrey N. Gleason; SAMNDCA30014454
MOUNTING the optics assembly includes an optics component. In some Ryan J. Dunn; Scott
APPROACH FOR embodiments, the optics assembly is configured to move within the W. Miller
REDUCED OPTICAL apparatus on one or more axes orthogonal to an optical axis of the
IMAGE optics component. In some embodiments, the optics assembly is
STABILIZATION suspended by a plurality of wires on a base component of the
PACKAGE SIZE apparatus, each wire of the plurality of wires being substantially
parallel to the optical axis of the optics component. Some embodiments
include a base assembly component or substrate having an upper
surface plane and a lower surface plane. In some embodiments, one or
more terminations are disposed around the plurality of wires. In some
embodiments, the terminations are located beyond the upper surface
plane of the base assembly component.
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SAPPHIRE US 9,623,628 B2 Jan. 10, 2013 Apr. 18, 2017 A method comprises shaping an aluminum oxide ceramic material into Kelvin Kwong SAMNDCA30014477
COMPONENT WITH a component for an electronic device. The component has first and
RESIDUAL second major surfaces. A selected region of one or both of the first and
COMPRESSIVE second major surfaces is heated to an annealing temperature. The
STRESS selected region is then cooled below the annealing temperature, so that
residual compressive stress is generated in the selected region.
MAGNETIC US 9,627,130 B2 Mar. 24, 2015 Apr. 18, 2017 A first and second electronic device each including a connection Albert J. Golko; Eric SAMNDCA30014492
CONNECTION AND surface and a magnetic element. The first and second devices may be in S. Jol; Christopher S.
ALIGNMENT OF contact along the respective connection surfaces. The magnetic Graham; Paul J.
CONNECTIBLE elements may be configured to align the first and second devices by Thompson; Jeffrey M.
DEVICES moving either or both of the first and second devices relative to each Alves; Daniel
other to achieve an aligned position. The magnetic element may also be Wagman; Stephen E.
operative to resist disconnection of first and second electronic devices Yao; Makiko K.
when in the aligned position. Brzezinski
DUAL ANTENNA US 9,640,856 B2 Apr. 11, 2013 May 2, 2017 A multiple antenna feed assembly including an antenna feed support Shayan Malek SAMNDCA30014514
FEED CLIP having a body made of an electrically insulating material and a method
of fom1ing the antenna feed assembly. The antenna feed support may
have a slot adapted to receive a connector; and a gap formed in the
body having a thickness to fit a printed circuit board (PCB). The
multiple antenna feed assembly may include a first connector adapted
to fit in the slot of the antenna feed support; and a second connector
electrically isolated from the first connector. Also provided is an
ante1ma feed support to provide structural support and electrical
isolation for the components of a multiple antenna feed assembly as
above.
MULTIBAND US 9,653,783 B2 Aug. 19, 2015 May 16, 2017 Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications Joshua G. Nickel; Juan SAMNDCA30014530
ANTENNAS FORMED circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio- Zavala; Yijun Zhou;
FROM BEZEL BANDS frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. An inverted-F Mattia Pascolini;
WITH GAPS antenna may have first and second short circuit legs and a feed leg. The Robert W. Schlub;
first and second short circuit legs and the feed leg may be connected to Ruben Caballero
a folded antenna resonating element arm. The antenna resonating
element arm and the first short circuit leg may be formed from portions
of a conductive electronic device bezel. The folded antenna resonating
element arm may have a bend. The bezel may have a gap that is located
at the bend. Part of the folded resonating element arm may be formed
from a conductive trace on a dielectric member. A spring may be used
in connecting the conductive trace to the electronic device bezel
portion of the antenna resonating element arm.
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UPRIGHT MOUNTED US 9,684,184 B2 Sep. 8, 2014 Jun. 20, 2017 Some embodiments provide an actuator module for optical image Scott W. Miller; SAMNDCA30014548
CAMERA ACTUATOR stabilization of a lens assembly relative to an image sensor in a camera. Douglas S. Brodie;
COMPONENT WITH In some embodiments, the actuator module includes a coil mounting Aurelien R. Hubert
TRAPEZOIDAL structure. One or more optical image stabilization (OIS) coils is
MAGNET FOR mounted to the coil mounting structure. The actuator module further
OPTICAL IMAGE includes a lens assembly structure configured to hold a lens assembly.
STABILIZATION One or more autofocus coils is affixed to the lens assembly structure.
The actuator module further includes a spring assembly for coupling
the coil mounting structure to the lens assembly structure, such that the
lens assembly structure is movable relative to the coil mounting
structure. The actuator module further includes a plurality of
trapezoidal magnets affixed to the lens assembly structure for magnetic
interaction with one or more of the one or more optical image
stabilization coils and the one or more autofocus coils.
CAMERA MODULE US 9,703,173 B2 Apr. 21, 2015 Jul. 11, 2017 A camera module including a camera module carrier having a lens Douglas Stuart Brodie; SAMNDCA30014570
STRUCTURE HAVING actuator attached thereto and at least two conductive carrier traces that Qiang Yang; Shaolong
ELECTRONIC are electrically connected to electrical contact points of the lens Sui; Takeshi Ichimiya;
DEVICE actuator. The camera module having a lens barrel connected to the Yoshiyuki Takase
CONNECTIONS camera module carrier. The lens barrel having a first conductive barrel
FORMED THEREIN trace and a second conductive barrel trace formed therein, the first
conductive barrel trace and the second conductive barrel trace forming
an alternating pattern of first contact regions and second contact
regions along a top edge of the lens barrel and being electrically
connected to respective ones of the at least two conductive carrier
traces such that electrical signals can be routed between the camera
module carrier and the lens barrel. The camera module further
including an electronic device electrically connected to the lens
actuator by the camera module carrier and the lens barrel.
LIQUID INGRESS- US 9,716,934 B2 Apr. 24, 2015 Jul. 25, 2017 An acoustic device such as a microphone or speaker is positioned with Phillip Qian; Edward SAMNDCA30014595
REDIRECTING and coupled to a housing to connect an acoustic port of the acoustic Siahaan; Erik L.
ACOUSTIC DEVICE device with an external opening of the housing. A reservoir is Wang; Esge B.
RESERVOIR connected to the external opening via a bleed channel. The bleed Andersen
channel may be less resistive to liquid ingress than the acoustic port. As
such, the reservoir and bleed channel may redirect liquid from the
external opening away from the acoustic port. In some
implementations, the reservoir and/or the bleed channel maybe defined
by one or more acoustically permeable barriers such as meshes that
cover the acoustic port, compressible materials such as foams that form
a perimeter around the acoustic port, and/or adhesive layers that couple
the acoustic device, the housing, and/or one or more other components.
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LAMINATED US 9,718,249 B2 Nov. 16, 2012 Aug. 1, 2017 A cover glass for an electronic display comprises a plurality of layers Kelvin Kwong SAMNDCA30014612
ALUMINUM OXIDE of sapphire material, each of the layers having a substantially single
COVER COMPONENT crystal plane orientation, with adjacent layers having different
substantially single crystal plane orientations. One or more interface
layers are defined between adjacent layers of the sapphire material,
with the adjacent layers of sapphire material bonded together at the one
or more interface layers. A display window is defined in the cover
glass, and configured for viewing a viewable area of the electronic
display through the plurality of layers of the sapphire material bonded
together at the one or more interface layers.
ELECTRONIC US 9,723,997 B1 Feb. 9, 2015 Aug. 8, 2017 An electronic device includes a camera, an ambient light sensor, and a Marcelo M. Lamego SAMNDCA30014628
DEVICE THAT proximity sensor. The electronic device uses one or more of the camera
COMPUTES HEALTH and the proximity sensor to emit light into a body part of a user
DATA touching a surface of the electronic device and one or more of the
camera, the ambient light sensor, and the proximity sensor to receive at
least part of the emitted light reflected by the body part of the user. The
electronic device computes health data of the user based upon sensor
data regarding the received light. In some implementations, the
electronic device may also include one or more electrical contacts that
contact one or more body parts of the user. In such implementations,
the health data may be further computed based on the an electrical
measurement obtained using the electrical contacts.
SINGLE PIECE CASE US 9,735,595 B2 Jul. 31, 2015 Aug. 15, 2017 An accessory device for an electronic device is disclosed. The Ian P. Colahan; SAMNDCA30014644
WITH A BATTERY accessory device may include a unitary body having a first region, a Darshan R. Kasar;
AND A HINGE second region, and a hinge positioned between the first region and the Timothy J. Rasmussen;
second region. When a force is applied to the first region, the first John J. Baker;
region may bend or pivot at the hinge. When bent, the first region Shannon X. Yang;
allows the electronic device to slide into or out of the accessory device. Benjamin A. Cousins
Further, the electronic device may slide into or out of the accessory
device in a straight or linear manner. Also, the accessory device may
further include a power supply designed to supply electrical current to a
battery of the electronic device. The accessory device may further
include a connector that electrically connects the power supply with the
electronic device. The sliding motion of the electronic device prevents
the connector from damage by bending.
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LIGHT SOURCE US 9,736,283 B2 May. 15, 2014 Aug. 15, 2017 An electronic device has a camera assembly disposed in a housing of Benjamin J. Pope; Ian SAMNDCA30014668
WINDOW PAINT the electronic device that includes a light source assembly having a A. Spraggs; Richard
primary purpose for illuminating a subject during an imaging Hung Minh Dinh;
operation. The light source assembly includes a light source and a light Rasamy Phouthavong;
window. A light block can be applied to lateral surfaces of the light Vincent Yan
window to prevent light passing through the light window from
propagating along an outer surface of the housing, or other components
of the electronic device. In some embodiments, the light block can
include multiple layers having various reflective and absorptive
characteristics.
MICROSPEAKER US 9,743,189 B2 Jan. 5, 2016 Aug. 22, 2017 A decoupled speaker membrane assembly for a microspeaker, the Alexander V. Salvatti; SAMNDCA30014689
WITH IMPROVED membrane including a first membrane portion, a compliant portion, a Daniel K. Boothe
HIGH FREQUENCY second membrane portion and a suspension member. The compliant
EXTENSION portion is attached to, and extends radially outward from, an entire
perimeter of the first membrane portion. The second membrane portion
is attached to, and extends radially outward from the compliant portion
such that the second membrane portion is decoupled from the first
membrane portion by the compliant portion. The suspension member
extends radially outward from the second membrane portion.
DROP COUNTER- US 9,749,000 B2 Aug. 8, 2016 Aug. 29, 2017 An electronic device comprises a housing, a motion sensor configured Carl R. Peterson; SAMNDCA30014704
MEASURES FOR to sense motion of the housing, and a processor configured to Justin R. Wodrich;
ELECTRONIC determine an impact geometry based on the motion. A countermeasure Kevin D. Gibbs;
DEVICE system comprises an actuator coupled to an actuated member. The Samuel G. Smith
actuated member inoperable by the actuator to modify the impact
geometry, so that impact energy is redirected away from an impact
sensitive component of the electronic device to an energy absorbing
component of the electronic device.
CO-MOLDED US 9,750,322 B2 Aug. 3, 2015 Sep. 5, 2017 A method of manufacturing a co-molded housing component for an David I. Nazzaro; SAMNDCA30014721
CERAMIC AND electronic device is disclosed. A component formed from a ceramic Joseph C. Poole; Kevin
POLYMER material is placed in a mold. The mold comprises a first section M. Kenney; Naoto
STRUCTURE defining a first cavity configured to receive the first component, and a Matsuyuki
second section defining a second cavity that is in communication with
the first cavity when the mold is closed. The second cavity is in the
shape of a feature that is to be joined to the ceramic material. A
polymer material is injected into the second cavity, thereby forming the
feature from the polymer material and bonding the feature to the
ceramic material. The polymer material is cured. The first component
and the feature together form the housing component for an electronic
device.
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HOUSING FEATURES US 9,753,490 B2 Feb. 25, 2015 Sep. 5, 2017 An enclosure having an indicium (e.g., logo) and a method for securing Matthew D. Hill; SAMNDCA30014746
INCLUDING LOGO an indicium to an enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure includes an Michael Benjamin
FEATURES OF AN aperture extending through an interior portion and an exterior portion Wittenberg; Sawyer I.
ELECTRONIC of the enclosure. The aperture may include concentric portions. For Cohen; Benjamin
DEVICE example, the aperture may include a first opening formed on an interior Shane Bustle; Duy P.
portion and a second opening smaller than the first opening formed on Le
the exterior portion. The indicium may include a flange member such
that the indicium may extend through the first opening but not the
second opening. Also, in some embodiments, a plate is adhesively
secured to the indicium and the enclosure; however, the indicium is not
directly adhesively secured to the enclosure. This may prevent
adhesives from protruding from an interface region between the
indicium and the enclosure.
CASE FOR A US 9,756,914 B2 Jan. 29, 2015 Sep. 12, 2017 A case for an electronic device is disclosed. The case may include John J. Baker; Edward SAMNDCA30014766
PORTABLE several layers. An inner layer may be made from a rigid material such L. Siahaan
ELECTRONIC as plastic. An outer layer is molded to an exterior portion of the inner
DEVICE layer. A fabric layer formed from a material such as microfiber is
adhesively secured to an interior layer of the inner layer, the inner layer
opposite the exterior layer. The inner layer may further include a
recessed portion that receives a camera trim made from an opaque
material. In this regard, when the electronic device is positioned within
the case, the camera trim improves image capturing of a camera of the
electronic device by blocking reflected light from a camera flash
emitted by the electronic device.
MOBILE DEVICE US 9,762,997 B2 Dec. 18, 2015 Sep. 12, 2017 A mobile communication device having an acoustic divider for Melissa A. Wah; SAMNDCA30014790
ACOUSTIC DIVIDER minimizing acoustic coupling is disclosed. The mobile communication Stoyan P. Hristov;
device includes a housing having an outer surface and internal Phillip Tamchina
sidewalls. The outer surface and internal sidewalls define a void
disposed at and below the outer surface of the housing. The mobile
communication device includes a receiver disposed within the housing
and below a first portion of the void, and a microphone disposed within
the housing and below a second portion of the void. An acoustic
divider is disposed within the void and laterally disposed between the
receiver and the microphone. The acoustic divider acoustically isolates
the first and second portions of the void, thereby minimizing acoustic
coupling between the receiver and the microphone.
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SUSPENSION FOR US 9,766,534 B2 Jun. 17, 2016 Sep. 19, 2017 A camera assembly and a method for mounting it in a portable David Glenn SAMNDCA30014808
CAMERA TRIM electronic device are provided. The assembly includes a camera Havskjold; Anthony S.
ENABLING THINNER module, and a camera trim coupled with the camera module. The Montevirgen; Tyson
CAMERA STACK camera assembly includes a first shock mount coupling the camera trim Benner Manullang
to an interior surface of the housing, and a second shock mount
coupling the camera trim to an exterior surface of the housing. The first
and second shock mounts cooperate to suspend an outer perimeter of
the camera trim within an opening of the housing of the portable
electronic device. A mobile telecommunications device including a
camera assembly as above is also provided.
OVERMOLDED US 9,768,225 B2 Aug. 9, 2016 Sep. 19, 2017 A camera module including a die having a top side and a bottom side, Julien C. Vittu SAMNDCA30014820
RECONSTRUCTED an image sensor is positioned on the top side of the die and a
CAMERA MODULE conductive via is formed through the die to provide an electrical
connection between the top side and the bottom side; an overmold
casing formed around the die; and a lens holder assembly attached to
the top side of the die and the overmold casing. A method of producing
a camera module including providing an image sensor die that is
overmolded within a casing, the image sensor die having atop side and
a bottom side, wherein an image sensor is positioned on the top side
and a conductive via is formed through the image sensor die from the
top side to the bottom side; and attaching a lens holder to the top side
of the image sensor die.
MOBILE ZOOM US 9,769,389 B2 Sep. 30, 2015 Sep. 19, 2017 In some embodiments, a first camera unit of a multifunction device for Scott W. Miller; SAMNDCA30014847
USING MULTIPLE capturing a first image of a first visual field includes a first actuator for Shashank Sharma;
OPTICAL IMAGE moving a first optical package. A second camera unit includes a second Simon S. Lee
STABILIZATION actuator for moving a second optical package. The second camera unit
CAMERAS includes a second central magnet array situated along the axis between
the first optics package of the first camera unit and the second optics
package of the second camera unit. In some embodiments, the second
central magnet array includes a second central upper magnet having a
first polarity and a second central lower magnet having a polarity
antiparallel to the first polarity. In some embodiments, the second
camera unit includes a second distal magnet array situated opposite the
second central magnet array with respect to the second optics package
of the second camera unit.
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MOBILE ZOOM US 9,774,787 B2 Sep. 30, 2015 Sep. 26, 2017 A first camera unit includes a first actuator for moving a first optical Scott W. Miller; SAMNDCA30014904
USING MULTIPLE package configured for a first focal length. In some embodiments, a Aurelien R. Hubert;
OPTICAL IMAGE camera system of a multifunction device includes a second camera unit Shashank Sharma;
STABILIZATION of the multifunction device for simultaneously capturing a second Simon S. Lee
CAMERAS image of a second visual field. In some embodiments, the second
camera unit includes a second actuator for moving a second optical
package configured for a second focal length. In some embodiments,
the second actuator includes a second actuator lateral magnet. In some
embodiments, the first optical package and the second optical package
are situated between the first actuator lateral magnet and the second
actuator lateral magnet along an axis between the first actuator lateral
magnet and the second actuator lateral magnet. In some embodiments,
no actuator lateral magnets are situated between the first optical
package and the second optical package along the axis.
ALUMINUM OXIDE US 9,775,254 B2 Oct. 5, 2015 Sep. 26, 2017 A control mechanism comprises a housing defining an interior and an Kelvin Kwong SAMNDCA30014958
CONTROL exterior, an aperture formed in the housing and extending from the
MECHANISM interior to the exterior thereof, an actuator on the interior of the
housing, proximate the control aperture, and a control member
positionable within the aperture to operate the actuator. The control
member comprises a first surface exposed to the exterior of the
housing, a second surface proximate the actuator within the housing,
and a body portion extending therebetween, the body portion being
formed of a substantially single crystal aluminum oxide material. A
bias member is configured to bias the body portion of the control
member toward an inner surface of the housing, such that the control
member is retained within the aperture in operation of the actuator.
GEARED HAPTIC US 9,779,592 B1 Sep. 22, 2014 Oct. 3, 2017 A thin haptic feedback element suitable to provide a perceivable single Storrs T. Hoen SAMNDCA30014973
FEEDBACK pulse haptic feedback including an electromagnetic coil, a permanent
ELEMENT magnet or other magnetic field source rotatably coupled to an eccentric
mass through a torque-increasing drive train. The haptic feedback
element may rapidly accelerate and decelerate the eccentric mass to
produce a perceivable haptic feedback.
PROTECTING AN US 9,780,621 B2 Feb. 4, 2016 Oct. 3, 2017 An electronic device including a processor, at least one sensor in Fletcher Rothkopf; SAMNDCA30014987
ELECTRONIC communication with the processor, wherein the processor is configured Colin M. Ely; Stephen
DEVICE to determine an orientation of the device and drop event based on input B. Lynch
from the at least one sensor. The electronic device further includes a
motor in communication with the processor and a mass operably
connected to the motor. The processor is configured to drive the motor
when a drop event is determined and the mass is configured to rotate
with respect to the motor to alter the orientation of the device.
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MECHANICAL US 9,780,826 B2 Oct. 31, 2013 Oct. 3, 2017 An electronic device may include a mechanical structure that Romain A. Teil; SAMNDCA30015033
STRUCTURE WITH mechanically supports the electronic device. One or more traces may be Michael B.
INTEGRATED formed on one or more surfaces of the mechanical structure. Other Wittenberg; Steven J.
ELECTRONIC electrical components may also be mounted on the surface of the Martisauskas; Kuo-
COMPONENTS mechanical structure and may or may not be connected to one or more Hua Sung
of the traces. Additionally, one or more passivation layers may be
formed on one or more of the surfaces, traces, and/or other electrical
components and one or more traces and/or other electrical components
may be intermixed with such passivation layers. In this way, the
mechanical structure may be operable to function as an electrical
component of the electronic device.
DUAL CAMERA US 9,781,345 B1 Feb. 12, 2016 Oct. 3, 2017 Some embodiments include a camera system having a first camera unit Scott W. Miller; Alfred SAMNDCA30015047
MAGNET and a second camera unit. The first camera unit includes an autofocus N. Mireault; Simon S.
ARRANGEMENT actuator. The autofocus actuator includes a first plurality of magnets for Lee
autofocus motion control of components of a first optical package. The
first plurality of magnets is positioned to generate magnetic fields
aligned in parallel with a first magnetic axis at a right angle to the
optical axis of the first optical package. The second camera unit
includes an optical image stabilization and autofocus actuator. The
optical image stabilization and autofocus actuator includes a second
plurality of magnets positioned to generate magnetic fields aligned
along a second magnet axis at 45-degrees to the first magnetic axis.
The second camera unit includes a third plurality of magnets positioned
to generate magnetic fields aligned along a third magnetic axis at 135-
degrees to the first magnetic axis.
DOME SWITCH US 9,786,449 B2 Mar. 7, 2013 Oct. 10, 2017 Systems and methods for providing input component assemblies for Richard Hung Minh SAMNDCA30015077
STACK AND dome switches are provided. In some embodiments, an input Dinh; Lee E. Hooton
METHOD FOR component assembly may include a contact area coupled to a circuit
MAKING THE SAME board for a switch, a conductive covering for enclosing the circuit
board, and a dome positioned over the conductive covering, where the
dome is operative to close at least one circuit of the switch when the
dome is depressed towards the conductive covering.
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MINIATURE US 9,791,674 B1 Aug. 6, 2015 Oct. 17, 2017 Some embodiments include a fixed chassis structure and a moveable Richard J. Topliss; SAMNDCA30015105
CAMERA ZOOM carriage body carrying one or more lenses. The fixed chassis structure Richard H. Tsai;
ACTUATOR WITH includes a magnetic friction track. The moveable carriage body carries Albert A. Ho; Thomas
MAGNET-INDUCED one or more lenses. An electrically-controllable magnet is mounted to M. Gregory
FRICTION the moveable carriage body for generating a magnetic attraction force
between the magnet and the magnetic friction track. The moveable
carriage body is movably mounted to the chassis to allow movement
along an optical axis through the one or more lenses. An inertial
actuator is mounted to the moveable carriage body in an alignment
such that the axis of motion of the actuator is parallel to the optical axis
through the one or more lenses. The moveable carriage body is held in
place with respect to the at least one allowed degree of freedom by one
or more friction forces resulting from the magnetic attraction force.
DOME SWITCH US 9,793,071 B2 Mar. 7, 2013 Oct. 17, 2017 Systems and methods for providing input component assemblies for Richard Hung Minh SAMNDCA30015143
STACK AND dome switches are provided. In some embodiments.an input component Dinh; Lee E. Hooton
METHOD FOR assembly includes a switch, a button positioned over the switch, where
MAKING THE SAME the button is operative to close at least one circuit of the switch when
the button is depressed towards the switch, an actuator positioned
underneath the button to at least partially enclose at least one switch
element, where the actuator is operative to deform when the button is
depressed, and a weld plate welded to an underside surface of the
button with at least one sonic weld joint to create a seal around the
actuator and the at least one switch element, where a portion of the
actuator is secured between the underside surface of the button and the
weld plate.
SHARED ANTENNA US 9,793,616 B2 Nov. 19, 2012 Oct. 17, 2017 Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless Yuehui Ouyang; SAMNDCA30015172
STRUCTURES FOR communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may Robert W. Schlub;
NEAR-FIELD include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. Nanbo Jin; Mattia
COMMUNICATIONS The antenna structures may include conductive housing structures such Pascolini
AND NON-NEAR- as a peripheral conductive housing member. The antenna structures
FIELD may be based on an inverted-F antenna resonating element or other
COMMUNICATIONS types of antenna resonating element. An electronic device may have
CIRCUITRY near field communications circuitry and non-near-field
communications circuitry such as cellular telephone, satellite
navigation system, or wireless local area network transceiver circuitry.
Antenna structures may be configured to handle signals associated with
the non-near-field communications circuitry. The antenna structures
may also have portions that form a near field communications loop
antenna for handling signals associated with the near field
communications circuitry.
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DETECTING US 9,813,864 B2 Nov. 4, 2013 Nov. 7, 2017 A mobile device can communicate with a wearable device to Eugene Dvortsov; SAMNDCA30015191
STOWING OR automatically detect when a stowed mobile device becomes unstowed David J. Shoemaker
UNSTOWING OF A and/or when a mobile device that is in use become stowed. Detection of
MOBILE DEVICE stowing or unstowing of the mobile device can be based on comparison
of data from sensors such as proximity sensors, motion sensors, and/or
other environmental sensors between devices. When unstowing is
detected, the mobile device can prepare itself for use based in part on
context information provided by the wearable device, e.g., by
activating a user interface component and/or launching an app based on
the context information. When stowing is detected, the mobile device
can inactivate a user interface component.
PORTABLE US 9,817,436 B2 Dec. 20, 2007 Nov. 14, 2017 A portable multifunction device identifies a plurality of user interface Greg Christie; SAMNDCA30015220
MULTIFUNCTION objects. If the user interface objects meet a first predefined condition, Imran Chaudhri; Scott
DEVICE, METHOD, the device then displays at least two of the user interface objects on a Forstall; Stephen O.
AND GRAPHICAL touch screen display. If the user interface objects meet a second Lemay
USER INTERFACE predefined condition. the device then divides the user interface objects
FOR DISPLAYING into at least first and second groups of user interface objects and then
USER INTERFACE displays a first group icon corresponding to the first group and at least
OBJECTS one user interface object from the second group on the touch screen
ADAPTIVELY display. If the user interface objects meet a third predefined condition,
the device divides the user interface objects into at least third and
fourth groups of user interface objects. The device then displays a third
group icon corresponding to the third group and a fourth group icon
corresponding to the fourth group.
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ACOUSTIC PORT US 9,832,567 B2 Sep. 15, 2016 Nov. 28, 2017 An electronic device having an assembly is disclosed. The assembly is Yaocheng Zhang; SAMNDCA30015254
WITH AN designed to regulate fluid flow into the electronic device. The assembly Benjamin J. Pope;
EMBEDDED may include a membrane having air-permeable and liquid-resistant Teodor Dabov
MEMBRANE properties. In other to protect the membrane, the assembly includes a
support member and a compressible membrane. Also, the assembly
may further include a first housing member and a second housing
member that combine to surround the membrane. Each feature of the
assembly may include an opening to allow air to pass the assembly.
When disposed in an opening of the electronic device, the assembly
allows the device to receive air that is used by an operational
component in the electronic device. The assembly protects the
operational component from liquid ingress while allowing the
operational component to communicate with the environment external
to the device. The operation component may include a microphone, an
audio speaker, or a pressure sensor.
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EXHIBIT C
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
3 SAN JOSE DIVISION
4 _______________________________
5 Apple Inc., *
6 a California corporation *
7 v. * Case
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19 Michael T. Zeller, Esq. 19 Device, dated June 29, 2010 (Bates
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1 the design patent at issue only applied to the piano 1 owners?
2 case, not the internal components of the piano 2 MS. FRAZIER: Objection, calls for a
3 itself? 3 legal conclusion, beyond the scope.
4 MS. FRAZIER: Objection, calls for a 4 A. I don't know. I think we'd have to --
5 legal conclusion. 02:48 5 MS. FRAZIER: Alan? Make sure you let 02:51
6 A. I don't recall that portion. 6 me finish.
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8 hypothetical. I want you to assume -- And just to 8 MS. FRAZIER: Go ahead.
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10 of manufacture when we're talking about the D'677 is 02:49 10 factors and try to understand what was those 02:51
11 the entire Samsung smartphones, the ones that were 11 designs, what were those designs applied to. I
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13 A. Yes. 13 are. I'm finding it hard to conceive of those
14 Q. And the same is true of the D'087 14 design patents without considering whether they can
15 patent. Right? 02:49 15 both be valid. I don't -- I don't know. 02:52
16 A. Yes. I believe they're different phones 16 Q. I want you to assume that they're valid
17 or they're a subset, but yes. 17 and I want you to assume that there was a finding of
18 Q. Well, I want you to assume that the 18 infringement of both of those partial claiming
19 D'677 and the D'087 have separate owners and both 19 design patents.
20 have sued Samsung and Samsung is found to have 02:49 20 A. I suppose -- 02:52
21 infringed both of those. In your view, is it fair 21 MS. FRAZIER: Same objection.
22 that each owner gets all of Samsung's profits? 22 A. I suppose. I mean, if I apply the law
23 A. Boy, that's -- 23 as it's explained to me and it indicates that the
24 MS. FRAZIER: Sorry. Is that the end of 24 entire phone is the article of manufacture, then
25 the question? 02:50 25 they would owe it to both. But that result is as 02:52
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1 MR. ZELLER: Yes. 1 absurd as the question you're asking me, so I really
2 MS. FRAZIER: Objection, calls for a 2 don't think it's helpful for this analysis.
3 legal conclusion, beyond the scope. 3 Q. You have never been aware of instances
4 A. It's hard for me to imagine that 4 where multiple patent owners have sued over a
5 hypothetical. It seems very unlikely because that 02:50 5 particular product? 02:52
6 would suggest that both of those patents, and now I 6 MS. FRAZIER: Objection, misstates
7 can't remember which one came first, could very well 7 testimony.
8 claim kind of the same inventive design. And in 8 A. Am I aware of a situation where multiple
9 that scenario maybe one of them is invalid because 9 patent owners of design patents? We're talking
10 it's anticipated by the other; I don't know. So 02:50 10 about design patents. 02:53
11 there's a lot of issues that would have to be parsed 11 Q. Any patents.
12 in order for me to answer that. I find it hard to 12 A. I don't know. I mean, utility patents
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18 Q. So I want you to assume a hypothetical 18 take an example, Apple has been sued by multiple
19 where you have two patents by two different owners 19 patent owners over a whole variety of different
20 that only claim portions of a smartphone. 02:51 20 patents for the same product. Right? 02:53
21 A. Mm-hmm. 21 A. Well, I don't --
22 Q. And both sue, and Samsung is found to 22 MS. FRAZIER: Objection, misstates
23 have the same phones to be infringing of both. In 23 testimony, assumes facts.
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25 give all of its profits for those phones to both 02:51 25 hypotheticals here because they seem unlimited in 02:53
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because, well, they do everything, and so they might infringe everything. I'm Sarah’s SSRN Page
that Justice Breyer
Made Fun of my not convinced that this should drive a wholesale reform of the system.
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Comm e n t s Gues t s
The most idiotic source of much of Apple's patent litigiousness has been the
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Coming Out as a design patents - almost all of the claims being totally farcical. For example,
Bisexual Woman When they claimed "rounded corners" on rectangular phones. Hope you discuss Prawf s B l a w g
You're Dating a Man that. Alumn i
jrprof on Submission Posted by: Ray Silva | Nov 15, 2012 11:03:08 AM
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anon2 on Submission
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It would be interesting, and an important area of research, to take a look at Reco m m e n d s
how many of those patents are standards essential and what that means for
cranky on Submission licensing. Two years ago a paper was published that looked at the number of
Angsting Spring 2018 Larry Solum (Legal
standards contained in a laptop, now I wonder what the number of
Theory)
Anon on Submission standards - and by extension patents- are contained in a phone.
Angsting Spring 2018 CrimProf Blog
It recently came to light that HTC may be paying Apple as much as $7-$9
cranky on Submission ACS Blog
Angsting Spring 2018 dollars a phone in licenses. While much of that gets passed on to the
customer in the form of a price increase it begs the question; are phones Althouse
Asher Steinberg on
Quillette on Critical [and by extension all generally computing products] OVER priced due to the Becker-Posner Blog
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Crescat Sententia
Wrong Start to What
Could Be an Maybe it is time to ask the question of whether the patent system is needed CrimLaw
Interesting Discussion for devices like this? The Patent System is there to provide an incentive to Crime & Federalism
submitTHIS on innovate [and protection for those who do] but doesn't the market already
Submission Angsting How Appealing
provide that incentive - particularly in this area? Are there other avenues to
Spring 2018
"protect" those that innovate - and should those protections be maintained Instapundit.com
James on The Future given the incentive the market provides? Have we created a system that JD2B.com
of Legal Scholarship: stifles innovation through protection? Shouldn't there be some risk involved
That Time that Justice Lawrence Lessig
Breyer Made Fun of
my Harvard Law in innovation, and has that risk been removed through the patent Leiter Reports
Review article's title...
protections? ProfessorBainbridge.com
Orly Lobel on The
Posted by: Andrew White | Nov 15, 2012 1:12:30 PM SCOTUSBlog
Future of Legal
Scholarship: That Time Sentencing Law and
that Justice Breyer Hi Andrew - thanks for the comment. I debated putting that last sentence in Policy
Made Fun of my
the post, because it wasn't critical to my point, and I knew I would get the
Harvard Law Review The Buck Stops Here
article's title... "what if phones are overpriced" comment (and if you posted it, I'm sure
many others are thinking it). Volokh Conspiracy
Orly Lobel on The
Future of Legal Jack Balkin
I left the point in, however, because I think it is an important part of the
Scholarship: That Time Conglomerate
that Justice Breyer debate. I lean strongly in the other direction for the system as a whole
Made Fun of my (though I will admit that far too many patents issue that shouldn't). The Right Coast
Harvard Law Review Justifying it is more than I can do in a comment or even in another blog post.
article's title... The Yin Blog
Joe on The Future of I will note, though, that standards don't grow on trees. They come from real Point of Law
Legal Scholarship: investment in real R&D, and there is real risk. The patent doesn't eliminate Underneath Their
That Time that Justice that risk - many patented innovations never make it into a standard and Robes
Breyer Made Fun of
might even fail completely. There's a reason why half of the patents issued
my Harvard Law Ribstein
Review article's title... expire by their 12th year due to lack of maintenance fee payments.
Mirror of Justice
JollyGoodFellow on Posted by: Michael Risch | Nov 15, 2012 1:46:18 PM
Submission Angsting Mark Kleiman
Spring 2018 Truth On the Market
Mr. Risch -
Let'scloneandfarmmamm I appreciate the response as this is an area I'm really interested in. I Opinio Juris
on Quillette on Critical
understand that there is risk in the R&D process and can appreciate the risk
Legal Studies: The Orin Kerr
Wrong Start to What that companies and researchers take in spending both time and money to
Could Be an develop new tech that goes into the shiny toys we all purchase in such great Juris Novus
Interesting Discussion quantities - particularly around this time of year. [I'm not different - new Jurisdynamics
anon3 on Submission phone here I come!]
TalkLeft
That being said - I think there is room for debate on what the fair price of a Workplace Prof
device should be. I don't have a stake in this game - I can see the arguments
Above the Law
Archi v e s for "more expensive" and for " less expensive." But I think the debate is
National Security
worth having if for no other reason than to fully flesh out what we value and
April 2018 Advisors
are willing to pay for.
March 2018 Open University
Should we pay as much as we do for the physical device? What about the
February 2018 Adjunct Law Profs
service/connectivity that is required to make the device work? Are we
January 2018 currently over-valuing the IP inherent in the device? These are all questions I Bill of Health
December 2017 would be interested to hear well researched/thought-out opinions on. BlackProf
November 2017 Brian Leiter's Law

A further thought - if we allow that by the 12th year many patents in a mobile
School Reports
October 2017 device are defunct due to lack of up-keep - and given the length of time it
takes to get a patent through the PTO at this point - should these patents Chicago-Kent Law
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even be issued? [another question I would be interested in having a
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discussion about, not that I have an answer for]
July 2017 Crooked Timber
Posted by: Andrew White | Nov 15, 2012 2:05:23 PM
Dean Dan Rodriguez,

Categ o r i e s Well said. There are many historical antecedents for the "mobile phone Northwestern Law
wars" -- including the early landline phone system (AT&T, at its inception, Dorf et al. on Law
10th Anniversary
was involved in roughly 300 patent infringement lawsuits). The amazing
Drezner
2016-17 End of Term thing, to my mind, is that things work as well as they do with respect to
2018 Symposium: product innovation, continuing R&D, market entry, and ultimately consumer Empirical Legal
Future of Legal Ed Studies Blog
welfare. How many new mobile phones and tablets have been introduced in
Article Spotlight the past 6 months? Think Samsung, Apple, Nokia, Microsoft, etc. etc. If this Feminist Law
is a broken market I would have a hard time keeping up with a well- Professors
Blogging
functioning one! Findlaw's Writ
Books
Harvard L. Rev.
Carissa Byrne Hessick Of course, I am a notorious "transaction cost optimist," destined to be a
Forum
minority voice on this issue. And I am always in favor of following Rahm
Civil Procedure In Brief--Va. L. Rev.
Emanuel's Law and not wasting a good crisis; the mobile wars are an
Constitutional excellent opportunity to fix damages, enablement, indefiniteness, and maybe Is That Legal?
thoughts
even international patent litigation coordination. But overall the mobile
Jotwell
Corporate space seems to be chugging along quite well. And it appears I may have some
company in that view. LawBlog Central
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Current Affairs Posted by: Robert Merges | Nov 15, 2012 2:06:52 PM
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Dan Markel Blog
Surely the number of patents that applies suggests that patent damages are
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too high? If there are thousands or tens of thousands of patents that apply to
Daniel Solove
the average smartphone, but the smartphone is worth only $200-$300, Loyola LS Faculty
Dave Hoffman doesn't that suggest that the value of individual patents must be fractions of Blog
Deliberation and voices

a penny per phone? (I suppose that you could respond that phones are really Mich. L.Rev.'s
worth more because of the patents they embody, but I am not sure that FirstMPressions
Employment and Labor
would increase the values of the patents themselves because presumably the Michael Froomkin
Law
number of phones sold would drop dramatically if they cost 2 or 3 times
Entry Level Hiring MoneyLaw
there current price.) Even assuming that some patents are more important
Report Northwestern's
than others, the amounts that people ask per phone in litigation seems to be
Erik Knutsen Colloquy
out of all proportion to the value that the patents actually provide to the end
Ethan Leib user. Opinio Juris
Fernando Teson Posted by: anon | Nov 15, 2012 4:25:41 PM Rick Hasen's Election
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Film
Isn't it the case that most of the hardware related patents are licensed via the Rutgers Review of
First Amendment Criminal Law and
sale of components to the end manufacturer? That is, if the surface mount
Criminal Justice
Food and Drink capacitor, processor, or radio are patented, I get a right to install, use, and Books
Funky FSU sell the patented device after I buy the part from the patent holder. The price
Talkleft
of the patent license is rolled in the price of the part.
Games Tex L.R.'s See Also
Gender With the software patents, I generally can't buy a thing from the
The BLT
"manufacturer" that I can put into my program's code that allows me to use
Getting a Job on the The Faculty Lounge
Law Teaching Market
the patented invention. Of course, I can try to read the patent to get a recipe
of sorts for implementation, but since software patents don't generally come U.Penn L. Rev.
Hillel Levin Pennumbra
with source code nor is it required (unlike mechanical drawings for more
Housekeeping traditional inventions), the patent itself is either not enough to understand YLJ Pocket Part
Howard Wasserman how to implement the invention or too trivial on its face. Software patent
holders tend to use their patents only to stop others from using the
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invention. Patent holders for physical things tend to want to sell those things
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(even to their competitors) whether they be end products or parts of a new
Technology
product.
Intellectual Property
The trivial software patents (like one-click purchasing) drive a lot of outrage,
International Law
I think, for obvious reasons. Including those stated above. The less trivial
Jay Wexler
Jonathan Simon ones drive outrage in cases where the was some perceived abuse of the
Jr. Law Prawfs FAQ system (like the RSA algorithm patent, published in 1977 in a paper and
patented in 1983). Much the same is true of the design patent referenced
Judicial Process
above.
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These things, coupled with the fact software patent holders tend to demand
Law Review Review
dollars per device to license trivial inventions, makes it pretty clear to me
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When patents attack Android

August 3, 2011
I have worked in the tech sector for over two decades. Microsoft and Apple have always
been at each other’s throats, so when they get into bed together you have to start
wondering what's going on. Here is what’s happening:
Android is on re. More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a
network of 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers. Android and other platforms are
competing hard against each other, and that’s yielding cool new devices and amazing
mobile apps for consumers.
But Android’s success has yielded something else: a hostile, organized campaign
against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through
bogus patents.
They’re doing this by banding together to acquire Novell’s old patents (the “CPTN”
group including Microsoft and Apple) and Nortel’s old patents (the “Rockstar” group
including Microsoft and Apple), to make sure Google didn’t get them; seeking $15
licensing fees for every Android device; attempting to make it more expensive for phone
manufacturers to license Android (which we provide free of charge) than Windows
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Phone 7; and even suing Barnes & Noble, HTC, Motorola, and Samsung. Patents were
meant to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as a weapon to stop it.
A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims,

and our competitors want to impose a “tax” for these dubious patents that makes
Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder for
manufacturers to sell Android devices. Instead of competing by building new features
or devices, they are ghting through litigation.
This anti-competitive strategy is also escalating the cost of patents way beyond what
they’re really worth. The winning $4.5 billion for Nortel’s patent portfolio was nearly ve
times larger than the pre-auction estimate of $1 billion. Fortunately, the law frowns on
the accumulation of dubious patents for anti-competitive means — which means these
deals are likely to draw regulatory scrutiny, and this patent bubble will pop.
We’re not naive; technology is a tough and ever-changing industry and we work very
hard to stay focused on our own business and make better products. But in this
instance we thought it was important to speak out and make it clear that we’re
determined to preserve Android as a competitive choice for consumers, by stopping
those who are trying to strangle it.
We’re looking intensely at a number of ways to do that. We’re encouraged that the
Department of Justice forced the group I mentioned earlier to license the former Novell
patents on fair terms, and that it’s looking into whether Microsoft and Apple acquired
the Nortel patents for anti-competitive means. We’re also looking at other ways to
reduce the anti-competitive threats against Android by strengthening our own patent
portfolio. Unless we act, consumers could face rising costs for Android devices — and
fewer choices for their next phone.
UPDATE August 4, 2011 - 12:25pm PT
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It's not surprising that Microsoft would want to divert attention by pushing a false
"gotcha!" while failing to address the substance of the issues we raised. If you think
about it, it's obvious why we turned down Microsoft’s offer. Microsoft's objective has
been to keep from Google and Android device-makers any patents that might be used
to defend against their attacks. A joint acquisition of the Novell patents that gave all
parties a license would have eliminated any protection these patents could offer to
Android against attacks from Microsoft and its bidding partners. Making sure that we
would be unable to assert these patents to defend Android — and having us pay for the
privilege — must have seemed like an ingenious strategy to them. We didn't fall for it.
Ultimately, the U.S. Department of Justice intervened, forcing Microsoft to sell the
patents it bought and demanding that the winning group (Microsoft, Oracle, Apple,
EMC) give a license to the open-source community, changes the DoJ said were
“necessary to protect competition and innovation in the open source software
community.” This only rea rms our point: Our competitors are waging a patent war on
Android and working together to keep us from getting patents that would help balance
the scales.
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Smartphone patents account for just over 16% of all active U.S. patents. Yes, you read that right. One-sixth of
all active U.S. patents* regulate smartphone development and innovation, using recent estimates from
defensive patent aggregator RPX:
“ Modern products and services incorporate numerous technology components. The evolution of
mobile devices provides an example. Based on our research, we believe there are more than
250,000 active patents relevant to today’s smartphones, a significant increase compared to our
estimate of approximately 70,000 patents that were active and relevant to mobile phones in 2000.
This growth can be attributed to the expanded set of features and functionality incorporated in
today’s smartphones, including touchscreens, internet access, streaming video, media playback,
application store readiness and other web-based services, and WiFi connectivity options.**
If anything illustrates the absurdity of the current state of affairs in the patent system, it is that the
smartphone handset market — although booming — accounts for less than 1% of the U.S. annual GDP (by
U.S. sales) but encompasses 16% of all active U.S. patents.***
To better understand this number, here are some other stats:
There are roughly 40,000 new software patents issued each year — and the rate of issuance is growing
over time.
If we estimate that the average software patent has 20 claims — which isn’t a stretch given that the
average software patent between 1990 – 1995 had 16.8 claims — that is nearly five million potential
restrictions on smartphone innovation. That is a number so mind boggling that no company, let alone
programmer, could have any chance of keeping track of what they can and cannot do in the smartphone
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The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is worth approximately $300 billion dollars a year (2009 estimate), but
has accounted for only 6.44% of U.S. patents over the past 15 years.
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector accounts for 4% of U.S. GDP but 40% of
U.S. patents.
According to a USPTO report in the pharmaceutical industry, there are approximately 46.8 patents per
every 1,000 jobs, whereas in the computer and peripherals equipment sector, there are 277.5 patents per
1,000 jobs.
Even the semiconductor industry, known for its highly complex products, has a patent/job ratio of 111.6
patents per 1,000 jobs — approximately 40% the rate of patents to jobs as the computer and peripherals
market.
To put the absurdity of the current system into perspective, scholars Christina Mulligan and Timothy B.
Lee estimated that it would take roughly 2,000,000 patent attorneys working full-time to compare every
software-producing firm’s products with every software patent issued in a given year. Mulligan and Lee
estimate that this would cost the U.S. economy $400 billion a year. In reality, the costs would likely be far
greater, since these scholars guesstimated the average cost of a patent attorney as being $100 an hour, when
in fact it is now much higher. The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) estimates the mean
cost of a patent attorney or patent agent as being $371 an hour in 2011.
Using AIPLA’s hourly mean, it would cost approximately $1.5 trillion a year to screen every software program
against software patents issued just that year (and that is assuming it only takes 10 minutes to clear an
individual patent). Put another way, conducting thorough software patent clearances would consume — at a
minimum — 10% of the U.S. GDP (and perhaps considerably more). This exceeds the value-add that the
nation’s information industries, (software, publishing, data processing, telecommunications) provide to U.S.
GDP in the first place. In fact, it is nearly 2.5 times the amount of money spent by the U.S. Government on
national defense in 2012.
Without question, a regulatory system whose compliance costs are more than twice what we spend on
national defense is in a state of crisis.
Notes from the Back of the Envelope:
* See Dan Burk and Mark Lemley’s book, The Patent Crisis and How The Courts Can Solve It (2009), Page 27:
“ “There are, as we have seen, roughly 1.5 million active U.S. patents in force right now in the United
States, and that doesn’t count the substantial percentage that are dropped for failure to pay
maintenance fees at some time in their lives. These 1.5 million patents are just the ones that
people are willing to continue paying money to hold onto because they think they might turn out
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to be useful. A significant percentage of these are in the IT sector. Hundreds of thousands of
patents cover semiconductor, software, telecommunications or Internet inventions.”
** I independently confirmed that the 250,000 patents number cited by RPX is active U.S. patents and not
worldwide patents.
*** Although the exact dollar figure for U.S. smartphone sales is not available, Pyramid Research estimates
that world mobile handset sales will surpass $200 billion in 2012. The U.S. accounts for 17.8% of global
smartphone shipments. Even if we assume that all of the revenue comes from smartphones — which it
doesn’t because “feature phones” (cellular devices that are not smartphones) still make up a significant chunk
of mobile device sales — and that the average U.S. consumer device costs double the average price of the rest
of the world, that would put the value of the U.S. smartphone market at approximately $70 billion. That is
approximately .5% of the U.S. GDP.
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EXHIBIT G
World Patent Information 46 (2016) 64e72
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
World Patent Information

journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/worpatin
Are patent trade wars impeding innovation and development?

Charles V. Trappey a, Amy J.C. Trappey b, *, Yu-Hui Wang c
a
Department of Management Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
b
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
c
Department of Information and Finance Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: When patents support anti-competitive conduct, innovation can be damaged not only by lack of market
Received 6 October 2015 access but by the prohibitive costs of litigation. The creation of patent barriers is inconsistent with IP
Received in revised form protection and enforcement agreed upon under the World Trade Organization and trade-related aspects
10 June 2016
of intellectual property rights (‘TRIPS’). The study uses the US Apple v HTC IP legal case to investigate
Accepted 15 June 2016
Available online 24 June 2016
anti-competitive market behavior and trade barriers. The research provides a formal patent analytic
methodology and the case analysis result. The research method tests whether patent conflicts and
technical trade barriers are significantly encouraged by existing IP laws.
Keywords:
Patent trade war
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Anti-competitive
Patent pools
Innovation management
Trade-related aspects of intellectual
property rights (TRIPS)
1. Introduction invalid patents, and that the patent settlement supported unwar-
ranted patent claims that limited innovation [4].
Under certain conditions, patent wars can create market trade For the consumer electronics industry, and smart phones spe-
barriers when used with cartels, patent pools that refuse licenses, cifically, patent pools and cross-licensing are commonly used to
and are supported by discriminatory competition laws that favor avoid the re-design of essential components which are re-used in
import injunctions instead of litigation. In 2010, a smartphone case the design of new generation phones. Smaller manufacturers
Apple v HTC [1] filed in conjunction with a complaint to the United creating new and innovative products rely on the licensing of
States International Trade Commission (‘ITC’) stated that the fundamental and essential patents that comply with global com-
Taiwan High Tech Computer Corporation (‘HTC’) smartphone using munications standards (also called standard essential patents,
the Google Android operating system was in direct violations of 10 SEPs). By denying small innovators access to patents accepted by
patents owned by Apple [2]. This initial complaint was followed by the International Standards Organization, patent pools could
over two years of litigation and additional complaints (four ITC arguably violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act 1890 by monopolizing
investigations involving 45 patents, one appeal and seven district trade [5]. Apple, in addition to ITC complaints and district court
court civil suits). A settlement was reached where only one patent cases, also filed an anti-trust case against HTC [6]. When patents are
owned by Apple (US5,946,647) with two claims were found as an used as means for anti-competitive conduct and to create market
infringement by HTC and resulted in a limited injunction of imports barriers, innovation by smaller companies is potentially damaged
[3]. To prevent the injunction, HTC's best option was to settle out- by lack of market access and the prohibitive costs of litigation. The
of-court with Apple to avoid further market entry delays to HTC's creation of aggressive patent barriers is clearly inconsistent with IP
smartphone and end the high cost of continuing litigation. There protection and enforcement agreed upon under the World Trade
has been academic discussion that Apple's patents were overly Organization and trade-related aspects of intellectual property
broad, should have been brought to jury litigation to eliminate rights (‘TRIPS’) [7]. Thus, the key research questions in this study
are:
* Corresponding author. (1) Was there anti-competitive behavior underlying the patent
E-mail addresses: trappey@faculty.nctu.edu.tw (C.V. Trappey), trappey@ie.nthu. trade war between Apple and HTC?
edu.tw (A.J.C. Trappey), isecho@ntut.edu.tw (Y.-H. Wang).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2016.06.004
0172-2190/© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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(2) Was the US International Trade Commission (ITC) being explores whether the tactics used by Apple created an anti-
abused by Apple to file complaints without foundation to competitive trade barrier for HTC to enter the US market [9].
purposely and willfully block the importation of HTC The history of the litigation begins with Apple suing HTC in the
products? Delaware District Court [1] in the year 2010 for 10 patents that were
(3) Were the creations of patent pools limiting innovation for believed to infringe on Apple's hardware and software patents
global smartphone development? designed for mobile communication devices. The patents were
(4) Did patent trade wars between smartphone companies limit developed in part by the Apple subsidiary NeXT which created the
innovation and development? object-oriented programming and software that defines the pro-
cesses underlying many of the patents. HTC applied for a transfer of
The topics covered in this research include the Apple v HTC venue from Delaware to the Northern District of California pursuant
smartphones case in the US, an investigation of anti-competitive to 28 USC s 1404. Apple insisted that they were trying to consoli-
market behavior, and trade barriers. The research structure of the date the case with an ongoing case against Nokia that was being
paper includes (1) Patents as Trade Barriers, (2) Injunction, Litiga- prosecuted in Delaware [1]. However, the Delaware Court ruled
tion, and Royalties, (3) Smartphone Patent Wars and Final Settle- that under 28 USC s 1659 that district court claims involving par-
ment, (4) Patent Pools and Marginalization, and (5) The Impact of allel ITC proceedings [10] must be stayed pending the outcome of
Patent Wars on Innovation and Development. The research will ITC action. The strategy used by Apple to simultaneously file for
provide sufficient background to help policy makers determine if district court litigation, continuous ITC complaints with different
patent trade wars, breakthrough innovation patent conflicts, and patents, arguments for changes of venue, added two years to the
technical trade barriers are sufficiently protected by existing IP settlement timeline. During the period of litigation, Apple more
laws. The results provide an objective analysis to help resolve legal than tripled its market share to 53% in the year 2012 [11]. When the
arguments that patent trade wars threaten the fair trade of con- smartphone patent wars started in 2010, HTC and Samsung held
sumer electronic IP. 15% of the US market which was equivalent to Apple's market share
[12]. On December 19, 2011, the ITC ruled partially in favor of Ap-
ple's complaint and noted infringement of claim 1 and claim 8 for
2. Patent trade wars and patent trade barriers patent US 5,946,647 [3]. The ITC, however, issued a limited exclu-
sion order with no bond that allowed HTC to refurbish the Android
The ITC ruled on December 19, 2011 [3] that the ongoing dispute OS smartphones sold to consumers under warranty. The final ITC
with Apple and HTC resulted in the infringement of two claims ruling was important since it was one of the few cases where the
(claim 1 and claim 8) for only one Apple patent (US5,946,647). The consumer and the effect of the exclusion on smartphone product
remedy was a limited exclusion order where HTC phone's user access in the US market were considered [13].
interfaces with Google Android operating system (OS) was to be
refurbished before being allowed into the US market. The wars
waged by Apple against smartphone suppliers mostly targeted the 2.1. Anti-competitive behavior
design and manufacture of Android OS smartphones. As shown by
Fig. 1, Apple used ITC investigations and the US district court cases Reviewing the timeline of Fig. 1, the complex and intense law-
to seek injunctions which increased the litigation costs for both suits pursued only ended in a request to fix the HTC product under
companies for a period of 2 years [8]. The first research question warranty without penalty. There are no official estimates of the
2011.12.19 2011.06.30 2011.08.15

2012.02.17
Apple wins Apple & Microsoft Google purchases
HTC complaint
final judgment buy 6000 patents Motorola Mobility for US
dismissed
from Nortel Network $12.5 billion to
for US $4.5 billion strengthen their patent
2011.12.16 portfolio and license
2011.09.16
ITC reviewing patents to HTC
Reviewing
case
the lawsuit
2011.10.17 2013.03.07
2011.07.15 The initial Verdict
Apple wins judgment Apple completed
initial judgment does not infringe
2010.03.02 2010.03.02 2010.05.12 2010.06.21 2011.07.08 2011.07.11 2011.08.15 2011.08.16 2011.09.07 2012.06.21 2012.08.03
Apple Apple HTC Apple Apple Apple HTC HTC HTC Apple Apple
HTC HTC Apple HTC Apple Apple Apple HTC HTC

HTC HTC
Virginia Delaware
Delaware Delaware USITC USITC Delaware USITC Delaware Delaware USITC Delaware Eastern
District Court 1:12-cv-
1:10cv00166 1:10cv00167 337-TA-710 337-TA-721 1:10cv00544 337-TA-797 1:11-cv-00611 1:11-cv-00715 337-TA-808 1:11-cv-00785 01004
US5,455,599 1:12-cv-00686
US5,848,105 *Antitrust US8,046,721
USRE 39,486 USRE 39,486 (x) US6,999,800 US6,282,646 US7,844,915 US7,844,915 US7,765,414 US7,765,414 US5,418,524 US7,853,891
US5,920,726
US5,481,721 US5,481,721 US5,541,988 US7,383,453 US7,469,381 US7,084,859 US7,672,219 US7,672,219 US5,630,152
US6,424,354 US7,672,219 US8,014,760
US5,519,867 US5,519,867 (x) US6,058,183(x) US7,380,116 US7,084,859 US7,920,129 US7,417,944 US7,417,944 US5,630,159
US7,362,331
US5,566,337 US7,383,453 (x) US5,566,337 (x) US6,320,957 US7,657,849 US7,920,129 US6,956,564 US6,473,006(v) US6,473,006(v) US5,302,947 US7,419,944 US8,031,050
US5,915,131 US7,469,381 US5,915,131 (x) US7,716,505 US6,956,564 US6,708,214(v) US6,708,214(v) US8,074,172
US5,929,852 US5,929,852 (x) US6,868,283(v) US6,868,283(v) US8,099,332
US7,479,949
US5,946,647 US5,946,647 US7,289,772(v) US7,289,772(v)
US7,633,076 US5,583,560
US5,969,705 US5,969,705 (x) US7,020,849(v) US7,020,849(v)
US7,657,849 (x)
US6,275,983 US5,377,354 (v) US6,275,983 US5,594,509
US6,343,263 US6,188,578 (v) US6,343,263 US5,621,456
*Patents marked (x) mean s withdrawn from case. Patents marked (v) means new patents added to the lawsuit . US7,657,849
*The red colored patent means that it infringed . Green means that the patent was reviewed.
Fig. 1. The litigation timeline of US smartphone cases between Apple and HTC, modified based on [8].
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costs associated with pursuing these complicated lawsuits and government (and the US tax payers since trade is being protected)
complaints since public disclosure is not available from the Trade rather than onto the company to adjudicate the intellectual prop-
Commission. HTC within two months of the first complaint deci- erty infringement dispute. By claiming unfair competition, the US
sion filed a counter-complaint with the ITC claiming that Apple International Trade Commission, reporting to the President and the
infringed on 5 HTC patents [14]. HTC was unsuccessful with the Congress, must investigate a US company's claims that there is a
complaint and no patents were found to be infringed by the ITC. patent, trademark, or copyright infringement that is potentially
Apple, to further strengthen its case against HTC and users of the monopolizing and harming the domestic market [21]. The ITC is not
Android based smartphones, combined forces with Microsoft and a court for litigation. Rather, the US Trade Administration is a
others to purchase the Nortel network patent pool for US$ 4.5 branch of the US Federal government that investigates complaints
billion dollars [15]. Although feared by some businesses to be an concerning foreign imports that are claimed to violate a domestic
anti-competitive purchase, judges in the US and Canada claimed company's intellectual property or injure its trade, report on in-
there was no antitrust risk in the sale [15]. Apple pursued new civil ternational trade and competition, and maintain the US tariff
law suits against HTC in Delaware after the purchase of the patent schedule.
pool. Once again, arguments were made for a change of venue to Clearly, if a US company wishes to minimize the risk of litigation
California and the District Courts of Delaware called for a stay until and lower costs, then an appealing strategic starting point is to
the new ITC cases was settled [1,16]. make a Federal claim that there is a foreign IP import violation
Google became involved in defending the Android operating injuring the firm. By making the IP violation claim as broad as
system by licensing patents to HTC and other smartphone com- possible and including imports, there is less chance that the
panies that were locked in continuing lawsuits with Apple. Google Administrative Law Judge (‘ALJ’) will find a basis to dismiss the
purchased the Motorola Mobility patent pool for US$ 12.5 million merits of the case in the public interests of the US consumer [13]. If
which gave the company an advantage to use software and hard- there is a favorable ruling by the ALJ, there are no damages awarded
ware to integrate smartphones with other devices and networks but the ITC then informs the US Customs Bureau to place an
[17]. After the purchase, HTC again tried to counter sue and filed an injunction on the import of products (or products containing
ITC complaint but failed in both cases [18,19]. components) that are the subject of the complaint. These products
In conclusion for Research Question 1 (Was there anti- may be seized and destroyed. Statistics from the ITC show that over
competitive behavior underlying the patent trade war between half of all injunctions during the year 2011 were for consumer
Apple and HTC?), there is no evidence. There was nothing illegal electronic items with business process patent rather than tradi-
under US law with the action taken by Apple in its efforts to tional patents such as those used for pharmaceuticals [22]. How-
preserve their smartphone brand equity and to protect their ever, there is increasing concern of the use of the ITC to block
patents. Apple did enlarge its market share when litigation delayed imports between domestic companies and to use the ITC as the
the entry of competing smartphones. Their actions to file com- preferred venue for settling IP trade disputes instead of the Federal
plaints with the ITC were within their right as patent holders to Courts [23].
defend their patent claims. The HTC market entry delay was not a The mechanics of the ITC investigation follows a very simple and
great success story for Apple even though their market share was short time schedule (less than 6 months) compared to preparing for
increased. The patents Apple put forth were found to be weak and and litigating in a Federal District Court. A US company may also file
overly broad and not upheld by the ITC adjudicator. for simultaneous litigation in District Court but typically a stay of
Instead of using the market strategy to license its technology to litigation is called for and the trial follows the ITC investigation and
others, Apple fought to preserve all rights under their patents and injunction. If the ITC investigation is favorable, then the results are
to block the emergence of the Android operating system over their forwarded to the District Court for a jury trial pursuing damages
own operating system. Further, many of the patents put forward to caused to the company's loss of market share from previous im-
challenge HTC's use of the Android system were ineffective. Apple ports of infringing products.
had to join forces with Microsoft to form a patent pool and Google Apple used the ITC complaint process legally and fairly as did
also had to purchase patents and form alliances with Android users. HTC since they are a registered US company with a sales and
The overall impact of the patent trade war was to eliminate invalid marketing division in the State of Washington. There was no willful
patents or overly broad and weak patent claims through the motive shown that Apple was only determined to delay the launch
investigative legal processes and commit more companies to form of the HTC Android smartphone when introduced in the year 2010.
alliances and license essential patent technologies. Thus, the patent Apple's success with the ITC to investigate complaints and to win
war effectively caused technology and market consolidations to- the limited injunction on imports did secure and increase Apple's
ward generally accepted smartphone products complying with 3G/ share of the market and did delay HTC's market entry. Even though
4G standards. there are arguments that this is a controversial approach that
arguably decreases competition and fair trade [24], Apple had every
2.2. The mechanics of an ITC injunction right to defend its patents regardless if it delayed HTC's market
entry. They successfully filed valid complaint applications to the
The second research question explores whether the US Inter- Trade Commission that warranted investigation as was their right
national Trade Commission was being used by Apple to press under the law. Apple used 45 patents to initiate four ITC in-
complaints without foundation to purposely and willfully block the vestigations. The end result of the ITC investigation ended in a
importation of HTC products. The US International Trade Com- settlement after only two claims for one patent were supported
mission Investigations are an alternative means for US companies which effectively delayed the market entry of the first generation
to avoid civil court patent infringement litigation by claiming unfair HTC smartphone. The same strategy was simultaneously being
trade practices that disrupt the local market through import trade used by Apple to sue Samsung and Motorola at great costs. If the ITC
[20]. Companies in the US may suspect that a competitor is had failed to support Apple's complaints because they were base-
infringing on their patents and will weigh the cost of litigation less and repetitive, then there would be evidence that the admin-
versus the odds of winning a favorable outcome in a jury based US istrative and judicial processes were being misused. There is no
District Court trial [13]. Indeed, if a case can be fast-tracked as an evidence from the research to support the second research ques-
unfair trade practice, the burden is then shifted to the US tion that Apple was abusing the ITC system as a means to delay
HTC's market entry. The legal action taken by Apple was not consumer's insatiable desire for newer and more sophisticated
viewed as a technical trade barrier against imports. electronic devices. The ability for a single smartphone supplier to
develop all required technologies for a smartphone independently
2.3. Barriers to smartphone market entry is practically infeasible. A recent study reported that approximately
US$ 120 must be paid for a stack of patent royalties for an average
Smartphones were first introduced in 1992 [25]. The rapid US$ 400 smartphone. The entire royalties cost about the same as
growth of the smartphone market started in early 2000, and were the total cost of physical components for building a smartphone
referred to as portable, hand-held third generation (‘3G’) tele- [33]. Essential patents are traded through design houses or patent
communications devices that adopted innovations in broadband pools and licensed either independently or through consortiums.
Internet access [26]. In essence, a smartphone is a handheld mini- The ability to design and re-use patented communications and
computer with an operating system that may be operated while other essential technologies through licensing has resulted in the
being transported. Most of the patents and technologies used in quick development of a large variety of new and creative smart-
smartphone were created over the last 20 years by portable com- phone designs. Without these patent pools licensing portfolios of
puter designers, portable phone designers, digital camera de- SEPs, there would be only one or two major smartphone suppliers
signers, and Internet service providers [27]. According to Fordham dominating the global market.
CLIP patent study of the smartphone industry, the number of Reasonable and Non-discriminatory Terms [34] are set by
granted smartphone-related utility and design patents exceeded standard setting organizations that require that patents to be
300,000 between 2006 and 2012 [28]. Since smartphones are included in the standard essential set and that the patentees agree
considered to be short lifecycle consumer products, the market to license to other innovators at rates that are reasonable and non-
demand and prediction of its maturity in a given market are very discriminatory. However, there is a great leeway to the definition of
difficult to determine. The inability to estimate market size in- “reasonable” which has led to many disputes over the computation
creases the risk of introducing new consumer electronic products of reasonable license royalties. Setting the terms as a standard
[29]. For most smartphones, the time span from introduction of the contract under generally accepted principles may be a means to
product to maturity can be less than two years and often can be as avoid injunctions used as market barriers. There is little WIPO
short as one year. Delays in market entry by trade injunctions can involvement in setting member product standards and non-
seriously damage a company's brand equity. The delay of the discriminatory terms for licensing. Members have the right to
introduction of a new product using ITC patent injunctions or liti- bring a complaint forward to the WTO for dispute settlement if
gation filed by competitors can eliminate the product from the discriminatory licensing practices are creating unfair trade barriers.
market even if an appeal overturns the injunction or the litigation is From the viewpoint of companies, if a smartphone requires
unwarranted. There will already be next generation products in the licensing many essential patents prior to construction (e.g., patents
marketplace by the time the litigation is settled. Since so many of LTE cellular functionalities for 4G mobile phones) then the risk of
patents are involved in the creation of a smartphone, most de- introducing a new product with a one year life cycle may not be
signers buy into patent pools to reduce the risk of infringement worth the fundamental research and development effort [34]. The
[30]. Patent pools facilitate the re-use of SEPs, which enables en- threat of litigation will push small smartphone companies to li-
gineers to focus on the creation of new designs and new features cense SEPs and direct research innovation to niche areas, such as
(e.g., user interfaces and applications) that better differentiate the outer designs, user interfaces, and applications [33]. Winners of the
phone in the marketplace. legal patent battles (after settlements through negotiation and
licensing) are using the outcomes to maintain leading market po-
2.4. Are patent pools necessary? sitions in the US which can be argued are not in the best interest of
the consumer [35]. Even though the ITC is mandated to use Section
The third research question explores whether the creation of 337 investigations in the public interest, there is often a failure of
patent pools were limiting innovation for global smartphone the investigations to review the impact of their actions on global
development. Patent Pools are created when there are different innovation and multilateral trade. For example, Taiwan's HTC
competing factions among technology developers. Often, there are Android smartphone was prohibited from import. The ITC admin-
dominant patent holders that form strategic SEP pools or alliances istrative law judges placed general exclusion orders for injunctive
which smartphone suppliers depend on to license and adopt relief against all smartphones with Android software including
essential SEP functions into new smartphone designs. If the pools Motorola and Samsung and several other companies that have
are willing to cross license (exchange technologies), using reason- significant investment interests (manufacturing plants, research
able and non-discriminatory terms, then there is less likelihood of facilities, retail, and marketing operations) in the US.
patent barriers being created and patent wars erupting. Patent Originally, where the ITC was mandated to protect US com-
pools only create problems when non-reasonable and discrimina- panies from foreign IP infringement, large US companies with large
tory terms are used to block innovation and new product market litigation budgets are attacking other US firms and foreign direct
entry [31]. At the beginning of the patent trade war between Apple investment firms to delay their import of competing products.
and HTC, Apple had no desire to join a patent pool. However, as the Apple, which manufactures its products overseas, was attacking
cases progressed and the weaknesses of Apple's patent claims were other US companies (HTC; foreign direct investment, Samsung;
disclosed, they found it necessary to form a patent alliance with foreign direct investment, and Motorola) that also manufacture
other major players, such as Microsoft, to purchase Nortel Net- overseas and import into the US. There has been debate that the ITC
works patents covering smartphone communication technologies. is protecting too many American firms that are more willing to
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) [32] are those patents that are invest in litigation than innovation to grow market share [23]. The
needed to comply with a globally accepted standard of industrial argument can be extended to say that Apple inflated its claims to
design and communications interfaces. The Institute of Electrical the ITC (Fig. 2) by using widely diverse patents with broad technical
and Electronics Engineers defined a standard as a set of patents that content difficult to resolve within the time frame and the
are critical for cross-licensing and for implementation in consumer budget allowed by the ITC. Another view is that the argument lacks
electronics such as smartphones. Without a pool of critical patents foundation since in principle the patent holder has the first right to
for design and re-use, it is impossible to keep pace with the defend their IP rights even if the trade of others is disrupted by the
Fig. 2. Lattice diagram depicting the unstructured litigation used during the patent war.
infringement investigations. entry of competing products that arguably did infringe on their IP
Patent US6,343,263 holds a claim by Apple that covers all voice, rights. Applications to open e-mail programs, link phone callers
telephone, and instant video signal processing systems on com- with e-mail contacts, place information on calendars, were all un-
puters. Apple's claim in 2002 was that the patent also covers voice, der dispute. Although HTC in 2010 would only have needed two or
telephone, instant video signal processing system using application three months to design a new algorithm that had no process sim-
software and an interface to interconnect with Wide Area Network ilarity to the Apple patent claim, a simple notification to HTC would
service providers. The patent claims are written in such broad have saved the US taxpayers a significant amount of money and
terms that any smartphone that attempts to use an application allowed the introduction of another innovative product choice in
program to process Internet signals in real time are potentially in the marketplace. That strategy however, was contrary to Apple's
violation of the patent. The patent in question dates back to the longstanding business policy to control all aspects of its operating
NeXT computer of 1988 [36] and over time, standard setting groups system and to deny licenses to manufacturers of clones.
such as IEEE have made great strides replacing the overly broad Even if HTC had to eliminate Apple-like linking features from its
claims of Apple's patents by developing better patents that use smartphones, they still would have been able to offer the consumer
alternative processes and are specific to their application and are a new feature, and a new product choice, and at a different price
available to anyone under reasonable and non-discriminatory point. The ITC was arguably allowing a dominant IP holder to
claims. However, any company that tries to use a paste function monopolize a product but Apple held valid patents worthy of re-
to download from text or images from a wide area network view. Patents should protect innovation, not restrict the ability of
potentially infringes on Apple's patent which was originally not other manufacturers from making similar products that do not
invented for smartphones but for computer workstations. clearly infringe on existing IP. Steve Jobs declared that he was
Likewise, Apple's patent US5,946,647 of 1999 enables automatic willing to stage thermonuclear war against Google if they persisted
detection of phone numbers and file identifiers means that any with enabling smartphones to use Android to continuously access
computer that can detect its own data structures and then follow the Internet [37]. Apple's patent litigation impacted the market
through with a command execution to order the structure poten- share of every smartphone vendor but in the long run acted as a
tially infringes on the patent. Android phones detect callers and catalyst for change between manufacturers. The patent war created
create lists to generate automatic call back features and is thus a greater incentive for manufacturers to work together when
claimed to infringe on this patent. Thus, generally accepted and creating short product life cycle electronic products. There is
widely used features such as phone lists and call back lists, search growing awareness that it is too wasteful to wage patent wars when
engines that scan caller lists, and commonly used data structures money spent on research and development builds a bigger market
that have become commonplace were being challenged by Apple's for all players.
arguably over broad patent claims.
Apple made no attempt to inform competitors of potential 3. Injunction, litigation, and royalties
infringement and actively pursued ITC injunctions using such a
wide range of patents that any small innovator of a new smart- US firms evaluating litigation weigh the costs and risks associ-
phone would simply give up the attempt to enter the market rather ated with the settlement. If a patent suit is brought forth in the US,
than face injunctions and civil district court jury trails where the then the trial becomes a civil suit with a trial by jury. When a
damages might outweigh the cost of the infringement. Even though company is weighing the option of presenting complex disputes
there is open access Android code that executes code differently over patents to a jury, there are several aspects to consider. First,
from claims made in Apple's patents and even though these com- there can be a country of origin prejudice whereas the US jury may
puter functions used to label content and to open other applications be biased against a foreign firm and award an unreasonable and
is wide-spread on most computers, Apple persisted with broad discriminatory settlement. There is also the issue of brand loyalty,
based patent claims litigation that often failed but delayed the where a jury member will be naturally inclined to support the
product of their choice even though there is valid evidence pro- there are few links between the circles, then most of the patents
vided to discredit the brand for infringing upon a patent. being used in the cases and ITC complaints are unrelated (which
The Apple v HTC case does not exhibit the normal business makes the case very difficult for the defendant if the plaintiff's
process of weighing of options to litigate but an obvious declaration patents are easily defended). The size of the circles identifies the
of war against Google and the Android operating system and all number of patents from a single case or investigation that is being
smartphones using the Android operating system [37]. As noted by linked to other cases and investigations. As Fig. 2 demonstrates, the
several authors, Apple was determined to wage war a patent war plaintiffs used a “shot-gun” approach and tossed in as many rele-
rather than license [38]. In terms of market strategy, the most vant patents as possible to support their compliant with the ITC.
efficient means to win a market war is to deny the public access to There are only three weak links and one poor link over the litigation
the product. Without a product, opposing companies cannot gain time frame.
market share. The casualties in a smartphone war are those com- Therefore, the noteworthy results of the lattice analysis are that
panies that lose sales and market share. Apple effectively used the neither company used a consistent cluster of patents to link cases or
US International Trade Commission Investigation as a primary ITC investigations. At most, cases have only a single patent in one
means to claim IP infringement to obtain import injunctions case to link to another case (Apple v HTC, #1 / #3 or HTC v Apple;
against HTC. If HTC was manufacturing its smartphones in the US, #8 / #9). The linkage is even weaker for Apple v HTC #2 / #6. The
Apple's strategy would not have worked. HTC has a subsidiary diagram supports the claim that each case and each investigation
company in the US and manufactures smartphones in Taiwan and used unrelated and broad patent claims that were difficult to
China. Apple, likewise, is a US company that manufacturers its defend and significantly increased the cost of litigation. For Case #4,
smartphones in Taiwan and China. In both cases, each company is a HTC petitioned the ITC to move the venue to California due to the
major importer of smartphones. HTC, on the other hand, is a major difficulties of travelling from Taiwan to the East Coast of the US.
licensee of US companies such as Qualcomm and supports the use Apple was within their rights to defend their patents (even though
of the US Google Android software. Apple had the largest portfolio they were slowly losing the war) and to argue for a venue in their
of smartphone related patents but HTC is a significant licensee of best interest even if it made it difficult for HTC to coordinate court
US patents. Was the ITC following their mission investigating cases and investigative appearances. The ITC agreed with Apple to
that were not clearly domestic and favored one domestic company maintain the Delaware venue.
to increase imports (US revenue outflows) in an investigation that Each case uses a new set of patents to be contested which
potentially harmed the IP license revenue inflows for US firms? strategically complicates the defense of the infringement for HTC.
Should a clearer distinction been made by the ITC to determine HTC was only able to fight back with stronger patent infringement
whether this was really a domestic company being harmed by claims after Google purchased patents from Motorola Mobility and
imports by a foreign firm? Apple has far greater foreign operations licensed those patents from Google. Previously, Google was using
and import trade with China and Taiwan than HTC. However, HTC the open source Android operating system and supplying it for free
has very substantial domestic license agreements with US firms. to smartphone developers. Goggle, as an Internet content provider
For all of the Apple ITC cases, there was no economic analysis had no previous background in the development of computers and
provided on the impact to US foreign direct investment and trade as computer interfaces and therefore no related patents. Therefore,
a result of Apple successfully winning an injunction against HTC. In the payment of US$ 12.5 billion for patents to counter further suits
fact, the injunction won by Apple increased the trade deficit by by Apple and others challenging the Android operating system was
increasing imports of iPhones and decreasing HTC's licensing fee a necessary investment. The investment in patents however,
and royalties to major US firms including Qualcomm, Motorola, and increased the license fees to HTC for each Android system used but
Google. Regardless of how this argument is construed, Apple had ended the war between Apple and made it difficult for Apple to
the right to defend its patents, to maintain its monopoly, even if it attack other licensed users of the Android operating system.
created an unfavorable trade imbalance. Companies were still free
to innovate and create new solutions to increase trade 4.2. The Final Settlement
opportunities.
On November 11, 2012, Apple and HTC announced they have
4. Smart phone patent wars and Final Settlement settled their global disputes over IP patent infringement. The war
started in March 2010 with numerous law suits and complaints
According to both USPTO annual US patent activity report and filed in Delaware district court and US International Trade Com-
None Practice Entity (NPE) litigation statistics [33,39], both granted mission (ITC) that lasted for 32 months. At the end of the patent
utility patents and patent infringement suits have sharply war, Apple and HTC signed a 10 year patent licensing agreement
increased since 2010. The increasing IP legal activities are [44]. Both Apple and HTC CEOs have openly stated that they
commonly recognized as the results of smartphone patent appli- welcome the settlement, which allows both companies to focus
cations and grants during the same period of time account for more more on their product development and innovation and less on
than 20% of the USPTO patents [40]. their legal disputes. The legal disputes started with the initial cases
1:10cv00166 and 1:10cv00167, Delaware and 337-TA-710, USITC in
4.1. Waging war March 2010. In addition to these cases, Apple and HTC were
simultaneously fighting litigation battles in the UK and German
In order to better understand the strategy used by Apple that courts over a range of products (smartphones, tablets, hand-held
delayed HTC's product entry into the market, a lattice diagram devices) with claims of violating the opponent's IP [38]. HTC's sis-
[41e43] is used (Fig. 2). The diagram maps the similarity of the ter company, VIA technologies, joined the patent war by suing
patents used in the investigations and cases over time. Lattice di- Apple in 2011. Nonetheless, four days after the Apple HTC settle-
agrams are useful for determining if litigants are using a “shot-gun” ment, VIA technologies (and S3 Graphics, an HTC subsidiary com-
approach rather than a structured litigation approach. The links pany) also reached a settlement with Apple on November 15, 2012.
identify whether or not there are similar and better related patents The ITC and Federal Court in the US successfully managed twelve
(less broad and arguably stronger patents) being used across the law suits, including one anti-trust case (Apple v HTC). After the war,
investigations and cases to build and support the case argument. If Apple was left with only one patent (US5,946,647) that was
successfully upheld by the courts as an infringement by HTC. 2. Smart phone companies, particularly in China, are growing
rapidly. Apple, HTC and other global smartphone companies are
4.3. The rational behind the settlement [45] seeking cooperation and global alliances in the IP and technol-
ogy development to ensure future success.
After the patent war, Android operating system products (mo- 3. Both Apple and HTC were spending so much time and effort on
bile phone, tablets, and electronic handheld devices) had captured litigation, their decreased investment in research severely
75% of the global consumer market. Recognizing this trend, Apple limited innovation and development of new patents for the next
sought co-existence by finding ways to cooperate with Android generation product designs.
solutions and providers that controlled the majority of the con-
sumer market. Other specific outcomes of the settlement are 5. Patent Pools and Marginalization
summarized as follows.
Apple broke no laws protecting its patents which delayed HTC's
1. Apple wanted to change their corporate image as the largest US market entry to their benefit. The intent to maliciously delay
Android enemy in the smartphone world. The most effective market entry has never been demonstrated. Even though there is a
action would be finding ways to dismiss the complicated and wide consensus that Apples patent attorneys were persistent with
“piled up” legal disputes. Apple signed patent cross-licensing their negotiations with the United States Patent and Trade Mark
agreements with IBM, Microsoft and Nokia (non-Android) to Office, they succeeded in being awarded broad patents but these
avoid the accusation of monopolizing trade under Sherman patents were difficult to defend. Apple had every legal right to
Antitrust Act. At the beginning, Apple had no agreement with forego the joining of patent pools to uphold the patent rights
Android companies. Apple seeking patent licensing settlements granted to their company. No company, not HTC, or others involved
with Android-based HTC after the war was a desirable market in the patent wars alleged conspiracy on Apple's claims or the
strategy to recoup losses from litigation justifiable ITC evaluation of their registered patents. There were no
2. Apple’ litigation slowed the growth of Android smartphone baseless repetitive claims or abuse of the US judicial process. Apple
market share. There are now many enemies of Apple that the was not harassing competitors and no competitor (including HTC)
company must learn to live with after Android became the made that claim. All of Apple's lawsuits and complaints were made
global standard. According to the Trend Force report [46], in good faith to protect their patent rights.
Samsung held a much larger smartphone global market share Unlike the case of California Transport v Trucking Unlimited [47],
(32% in 2013 and 28% in 2014) compared to Apple's market share Apple was not making baseless repetitive claims and did not abuse
(16% in 2013 and 2014). Other Android-based mobile phone the judicial process. In fact, Apple followed the rule of law to their
companies particularly in China including Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, advantage to dominate market share as allowed by their patents.
became major market threats to Apple. Apple had no choice but However, innovation is hard to stop. Even though a company may
to return to R&D (instead of patent wars) as their best market successfully stop a competitor from intellectual property infringe-
strategy. ment, there is always a new way or a new product that can be
3. Settling the patent litigation and removing HTC as Apple's top invented. Even the glimpse of an idea, supported by the opportu-
litigation target helped end the war for HTC. HTC used what they nities of a global market, will drive innovation forward. No patent
call a “Transfer-and-Stay” procedure, removing itself as Apple's will ever be secure from competitive innovation. Patent trade bar-
immediate legal target. This left Apple to focus their immediate riers are least likely to stop the ongoing search for new innovations
concerns on their largest Android-based opponent, Samsung. by companies that are not directly involved in the patent trade
4. HTC also made efforts to reference prior art and challenged the wars. What occurred during the Apple v HTC patent war was the
validity of Apple's patents. In Apple's ITC complaints, the ma- confirmation of a global smartphone market where the Android
jority of Apple's patents were not successful in winning the operating system was rapidly becoming the dominant standard.
patent infringement cases. While Apple had limited successes in Inventors on the sidelines aggressively began to innovate for the
the ITC investigations (although causing serious market entry next generation of smartphones. The marketplace also started to
delays for HTC), Apple realized that their best interests would be self-organize as patent pools were formed and settlements were
served by settling the patent license disputes and seeking to reached. The companies that were not innovating were those
gain revenues from license payments for long term market companies that were directly involved in the patent trade wars and
development. were diverting R&D expenses toward litigation. New patents that
5. HTC purchased a large number of patents from other companies were being created at the edge of the battlefield were driving
to increase their IP portfolio which enabled the company to innovation forward and tearing down trade barriers at a faster rate
enter into favorable cross-licensing agreements with Apple. HTC since the global market potential was justified by the intensity of
has actively licensed IP from other companies, such as S3 the litigation. Smaller companies (integrated circuit and software
Graphics, HP, ADC, and Nokia. These patents consist of standard design houses) found new opportunities by joining and selling
essential patents for mobile communications and technologies, specialized patents through the rapidly growing patent pools. The
which are beneficial to both HTC and Apple and are increasing third research question, were the creations of patent pools
the popularity of smartphones. limiting innovation for global smartphone development, is not
6. Apple established a licensing payment scheme with HTC which supported by the research. Rather, patent pools were validating
formed the basis for future licensing agreements with other the sustainability of the market and consolidating high value
Android-based companies. patents and removing weak patents from the marketplace.
The key outcomes from Apple v HTC include: 6. The Impact of Patent Wars on Innovation and
Development
1. The cross-licensing agreement content is critical. For example,
in Apple v Nokia, Apple used its touch panel technology in ex- In order to explore the final research question whether patent
change for Nokia's communication patent licenses, which are trade wars are limiting innovation and development, a search was
essential patents for mobile device advancement. conducted using Thomson Innovation software. If the third
generation (‘3G’) patent wars were impeding innovation, then and HTC did not violate anti-competitive behavior laws nor abuse
there would have been a delay in the emergence of the next the US International Trade Commission's administrative system.
generation of fourth generation (‘4G’) patents for smartphones. The patent disputes and complaints where finally settled according
The 4G smartphones utilize a technology called Long Term Evo- to the law. Apple did use the ITC complaints and Federal District
lution (‘LTE’) designed to achieve higher speeds and capacity for lawsuits in combination to successfully protect its patent rights and
transmitting content using smartphones [48]. According to the exploit its full market advantages. The research findings support
report made by European mobile communications device industry the observation that the creation of patent pools in 3G/4G smart-
group, the Global Mobile Suppliers Association, the number of phone technologies will not limit innovation for global smartphone
mobile operators that have launched commercial LTE network development. In fact, given the nature of a smartphone's short
services had risen to 113 in 51 countries as of November 2012, and product life cycle and the huge number of SEPs required for new
increased to 209 in 75 countries at the end of 2013. The market for designs, patent pools and reasonable licensing agreements
high performance 4G-enabled smart phones has been established encourage technology innovations and rapidly increase new
by the service providers. Hence, the number of patented in- product development. Finally, after a thorough investigation of
ventions and innovations from the 4G technology developments Apple v HTC patent trade war cases, the research shows that patent
are growing rapidly, driven by the global consumer demand for trade wars are a crucial regulatory concern of the US IP law and
more and faster access to mobile content (video, gaming appli- trade administrative system. The legal process strengthens the
cations, mobile TV) and communications. Since 2009, three Eu- patenting process by confirming the validity of patents and patent
ropean and US license administrators including Via Licensing claims. In conclusion, patent trade wars do not limit innovation and
Corp., Sisvel S.p.A., MPEG LA, LLC, have expressed their intentions development. Patent trade wars stimulate industry alliances
to form LTE patent pools for LTE standard essential patent licenses. through the creation of patent pools, enhance the robustness of the
After 3 years of industry-wide discussion and negotiation, Via global patent and IP system, and support innovation by protecting
Licensing officially launched an LTE patent pool in October 2012 innovators' rights.
[49]. Reported on Via Licensing's official website, Via is providing
standard essential patents supplied by twelve global 4G smart- Acknowledgement
phone innovators [50].
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rier aggregation, MIMO-OFDMA, and SC-FDMA), three patent Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST 104-2218-E-
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for 4G patents. The search strategies are listed as follows [51]. 2410-H-009-053-MY3).
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of communications. Mobile app Uber has completed upended the
logistics equation; Amazon and Alibaba are generating billions of
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Indians buy, sell, and trade; and so on and so forth. By the end of
2015, there were at least 62 companies generating over a billion
dollars from digital mobile services.
We are seeing a fundamental shift in the mobile industry as

discussed in detail in our 4th wave series papers and an emergence
of the Connected Intelligence Era as outlined in our recent series of
papers. These two broad trends are changing the landscape and
impacting how and where value gets created and where it gets
captured. In the transition years, the value of IP becomes quite
important as companies jumping from one stack layer to another
one require the IP portfolio to protect its investment in the space.
The cross domain activity will only intensify in the coming years and
we are already seeing this in the patent data to date.
According to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the top

elds of technology for published patent applications were:
Computer technology (8.2%), Digital Communications (8%), Electrical
machinery (7.3%), Medical Technology (6.3%), and Transport (4.3%).
While US remains the leader in terms of overall quality and quantity.
China and its companies are starting to ex some muscles on the
big stage. In terms of regions, Asia continues to outpace North
America and Europe. US and Japan were followed by China,
Germany, Korea, France, and UK. The top 10 PCT applications were
Huawei Technologies, Qualcomm, ZTE, Samsung, Mitsubishi,
Ericsson, LG, Sony, Philips, and HP.
According to the US Patent Of ce (USPTO), in 2015, the number of

patents granted grew over 8% YoY. The numbers of foreign lings are
now in the majority for both the applications led as well as the
patents granted.
As we look into the mobile related patents, the growth is much more
striking. The number of mobile related patents that were granted by
the USPTO and the EPO increased signi cantly over the course of
last decade. The US market saw a 447% increase while the European
market saw a 75% increase in mobile related patent grants.
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By the end of 2015, approximately 27% of patent granted in the US
were mobile related. This grew from around 2% in 1991 and 5% in
2001. In Europe, roughly 8% of the patents granted are now related
to mobile. Europe saw a decline of 4% in mobile patents in contrast
of 16% growth in the US market.
It is also interesting to note that a number of new Asian companies

like Mediatek, Alibaba, and Xiaomi have stepped up their IP efforts
and substantially increased the lings in the US. We are also
observing strong activity in the new areas such as 5G, VR, mobile
security, and IoT.
Chetan Sharma Consulting analyzed over 7 million patents granted

by the USPTO and EPO over the last two decades to understand how
mobile has become a key enabler for all technology companies.
Furthermore, we looked at patent granted to the top 65 technology
companies who are active in the mobile space to understand their
relative strengths and weaknesses in the mobile patents landscape.
This study is fth in the series that does an in-depth quantitative
analysis of the mobile patents landscape.
Chetan Sharma
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sector in our blog, twitter feeds, future research reports, articles,
and our annual thought-leadership summit – Mobile Future Forward.
The next US Wireless Data Market update will be released in April
2016.
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Patenting by Organizations, 2006
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Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)
Patenting by Organizations
2006
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report
Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software
Patenting By the U.S. Government
PART A1 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant
(Table A1-1a) Breakout By Country of Origin

(Table A1-1b) Breakout By Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant
(Table A1-2a) Breakout By Country of Origin

(Table A1-2b) Breakout By Ownership Category
PART B
Organizational Patentees With 40 or More Patents Granted During the Period, As Distributed By Year Of Patent
Grant and As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application
CONTACT INFORMATION -
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PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS
2006
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
Description of the Report

This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention")
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006. These profiled documents
hereafter will be referred to as "patents".
PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT
This Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between
01/01/2006 and 12/31/2006. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office.
PART A1
Part A1 presents patent counts by origin, U.S. and foreign. Individual counts are also presented for each of the top 36
patenting countries. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor listed on a patent.
Patent ownership-category information (Table A1-1b) reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not reflect
subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (the entity, if any, to which the patent rights have been
legally assigned) was declared at the time of grant, a patent is attributed to the ownership-category of the first-named
assignee. The "U.S. Corporation" and "Foreign Corporation" ownership categories count predominantly corporate
patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities,
etc. are also included in these categories. While the "U.S. Government" ownership category includes only patents
granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for the "Foreign Government" ownership category. The
"U.S. Individual" and "Foreign Individual" ownership categories include patents for which ownership was assigned to
an individual as well as patents for which no assignment of ownership was made at the time of grant.
PART B (IF INCLUDED)
Part B presents organizations that received 40 or more patents during the calendar year. Organizations are ranked based
on their patent count. Please note that because of the large number of organizations appearing in this report, the
minimum number of annual patents received by a listed organization was raised from 30, for the 1997 report, to
40 for the 1998 and subsequent reports.
Patent information included in Part B of the report reflects patent ownership at the time of patent grant and does not
reflect changes in ownership which may occur after the patent grant. Where more than one assignee exists, patents are
attributed to the first-named assignee.
No attempt has been made to combine data based on subsidiary relationships. However, where possible, spelling
variations and variations based on name changes (e.g., ESSO to EXXON) have been merged into a single name.
While every effort is made to accurately identify all organizational entities and report data by a single

organizational name, achievement of a totally clean record is not expected, particularly in view of the many
variations which may occur in corporate identifications.
Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

This report can be printed from an Internet browser. Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 7, works particularly well for
printing this report using its "Shrink to Fit" option.
Additionally, a user may import this report file into spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel to facilitate printing.
Such spreadsheet software also may facilitate sorting and further manipulation of the data.
Patenting By The U.S. Government in 2006

In calendar year 2006, the U.S. Government received 792 utility patents. Table A1-1b displays a breakout of 2006
patents by ownership category.
Separate U.S. Government agencies receiving 40 or more patents during the year are listed in the table in Part B.

2006
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
Part A1
Tables A1-1a and A1-1b
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-1b)
PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by Country of

Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of
Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
2006 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin 173771 173771
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin 89823 89823
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin 83948 83948
JAPAN 36807 36807

GERMANY 10005 10005
TAIWAN 6360 6360
SOUTH KOREA 5908 5908
UNITED KINGDOM 3585 3585
CANADA 3572 3572
FRANCE 3431 3431
ITALY 1480 1480
AUSTRALIA 1325 1325
NETHERLANDS 1323 1323
SWEDEN 1243 1243
ISRAEL 1218 1218
SWITZERLAND 1201 1201
FINLAND 950 950
CHINA P.REP. 661 661
BELGIUM 625 625
AUSTRIA 577 577
INDIA 481 481
DENMARK 439 439
SINGAPORE 412 412
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 308 308
SPAIN 295 295

NORWAY 244 244
IRELAND 174 174
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 172 172
NEW ZEALAND 136 136
BRAZIL 121 121
MALAYSIA 113 113
SOUTH AFRICA 109 109
MEXICO 66 66
HUNGARY 49 49
ARGENTINA 38 38
PHILIPPINES 35 35
CZECH REPUBLIC 34 34
LUXEMBOURG 33 33
THAILAND 31 31
Others (66) 387 387
PART A1- Table A1-1b, Breakout by Ownership

Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year
of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
2006 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION 78925 78925
U.S. GOVERNMENT 792 792
U.S. INDIVIDUAL 11857 11857
FOREIGN CORPORATION 77373 77373
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 51 51
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 4773 4773

2006
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
Part A1
Tables A1-2a and A1-2b
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-2b)
PART A1- Table A1-2a, Breakout by Country of

Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year
of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
2006 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin 100 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin 51.7 51.7
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin 48.3 48.3
JAPAN 21.2 21.2

GERMANY 5.8 5.8
TAIWAN 3.7 3.7
SOUTH KOREA 3.4 3.4
UNITED KINGDOM 2.1 2.1
CANADA 2.1 2.1
FRANCE 2.0 2.0
ITALY 0.9 0.9
AUSTRALIA 0.8 0.8
NETHERLANDS 0.8 0.8
SWEDEN 0.7 0.7
ISRAEL 0.7 0.7
SWITZERLAND 0.7 0.7
FINLAND 0.5 0.5
CHINA P.REP. 0.4 0.4
BELGIUM 0.4 0.4
AUSTRIA 0.3 0.3
INDIA 0.3 0.3
DENMARK 0.3 0.3
SINGAPORE 0.2 0.2
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0.2 0.2
SPAIN 0.2 0.2

NORWAY 0.1 0.1
IRELAND 0.1 0.1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0.1 0.1
NEW ZEALAND 0.1 0.1
BRAZIL 0.1 0.1
MALAYSIA 0.1 0.1
SOUTH AFRICA 0.1 0.1
MEXICO 0.0 0.0
HUNGARY 0.0 0.0
ARGENTINA 0.0 0.0
PHILIPPINES 0.0 0.0
CZECH REPUBLIC 0.0 0.0
LUXEMBOURG 0.0 0.0
THAILAND 0.0 0.0
Others (66) 0.2 0.2
PART A1- Table A1-2b, Breakout by Ownership

Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by
Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
2006 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION 45.4 45.4
U.S. GOVERNMENT 0.5 0.5
U.S. INDIVIDUAL 6.8 6.8
FOREIGN CORPORATION 44.5 44.5
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 2.7 2.7

2006
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
Part B
Ranked List of Organizations with 40 or More Patents Granted During the Period,
as Distributed Either or Both
by the Year of Patent Grant and by the Year Of Patent Application Filing
PART B -
Ranked List of Organizations with 40 or More Patents, as Distributed by
the Year of Patent Grant and/or the Year Of Patent Application Filing
Granted: 01/01/2006 - 12/31/2006
All
2006
Years
Patents By Year of
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3621 3621
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2451 2451
Grant:
Patents By Year of
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2366 2366
Grant:
Patents By Year of
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2229 2229
Grant:
Patents By Year of
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2099 2099
Grant:
Patents By Year of
INTEL CORPORATION 1959 1959
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SONY CORPORATION 1771 1771
Grant:
Patents By Year of
HITACHI, LTD 1732 1732
Grant:
Patents By Year of
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1672 1672
Grant:
Patents By Year of
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1610 1610
Grant:
Patents By Year of
FUJITSU LIMITED 1487 1487
Grant:
Patents By Year of
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1463 1463
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1200 1200
Grant:
Patents By Year of
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1051 1051
Grant:
Patents By Year of
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 906 906
Grant:

Patents By Year of
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 896 896
Grant:
Patents By Year of
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 890 890
Grant:
Patents By Year of
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 880 880
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 854 854
Grant:
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., Patents By Year of
778 778
LTD.) Grant:
Patents By Year of
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 776 776
Grant:
Patents By Year of
DENSO CORPORATION 732 732
Grant:
Patents By Year of
NEC CORPORATION 728 728
Grant:
Patents By Year of
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 694 694
Grant:
Patents By Year of
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 693 693
Grant:
Patents By Year of
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 688 688
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 665 665
Grant:
Patents By Year of
BROADCOM CORPORATION 660 660
Grant:
Patents By Year of
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 649 649
Grant:
Patents By Year of
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 646 646
Grant:
Patents By Year of
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 610 610
Grant:
Patents By Year of
NOKIA CORPORATION 597 597
Grant:
Patents By Year of
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 583 583
Grant:
Patents By Year of
MOTOROLA, INC. 576 576
Grant:
Patents By Year of
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 559 559
Grant:
Patents By Year of
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 552 552
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 516 516
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 510 510
Grant:
Patents By Year of
XEROX CORPORATION 501 501

Grant:
Patents By Year of
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 490 490
Grant:
Patents By Year of
BOEING COMPANY 478 478
Grant:
Patents By Year of
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 471 471
Grant:
Patents By Year of
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 471 471
Grant:
Patents By Year of
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 468 468
Grant:
Patents By Year of
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 439 439
Grant:
Patents By Year of
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 438 438
Grant:
Patents By Year of
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 432 432
Grant:
Patents By Year of
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 410 410
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 405 405
Grant:
Patents By Year of
QUALCOMM, INC. 399 399
Grant:
Patents By Year of
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 389 389
Grant:
Patents By Year of
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 385 385
Grant:
Patents By Year of
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 384 384
Grant:
Patents By Year of
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 382 382
Grant:
Patents By Year of
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 362 362
Grant:
Patents By Year of
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 359 359
Grant:
Patents By Year of
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 354 354
Grant:
Patents By Year of
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 328 328
Grant:
Patents By Year of
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 323 323
Grant:
Patents By Year of
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 320 320
Grant:
Patents By Year of
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 318 318
Grant:
Patents By Year of
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 309 309
Grant:

Patents By Year of
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 302 302
Grant:
Patents By Year of
TDK CORPORATION 292 292
Grant:
Patents By Year of
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 287 287
Grant:
Patents By Year of
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 279 279
Grant:
Patents By Year of
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 278 278
Grant:
Patents By Year of
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 273 273
Grant:
Patents By Year of
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 270 270
Grant:
Patents By Year of
PIONEER CORPORATION 266 266
Grant:
Patents By Year of
AT&T CORP. 264 264
Grant:
Patents By Year of
XILINX, INC. 261 261
Grant:
Patents By Year of
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 259 259
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 256 256
Grant:
Patents By Year of
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 255 255
Grant:
Patents By Year of
ALCATEL 251 251
Grant:
Patents By Year of
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 248 248
Grant:
Patents By Year of
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 248 248
Grant:
Patents By Year of
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 246 246
Grant:
Patents By Year of
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 240 240
Grant:
Patents By Year of
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 238 238
Grant:
Patents By Year of
MEDTRONIC INC. 233 233
Grant:
Patents By Year of
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 229 229
Grant:
Patents By Year of
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 224 224
Grant:
Patents By Year of
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 224 224
Grant:
Patents By Year of
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 211 211

Grant:
Patents By Year of
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 211 211
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KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 46 46
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SCHERING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 46 46
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THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 46 46
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ADVICS CO., LTD. 45 45
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ATMEL CORPORATION 45 45

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BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 45 45
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HOYA CORPORATION 45 45
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JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 45 45
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MITSUBISHI GAS-CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. 45 45
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NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. 45 45
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QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 45 45
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SYNOPSYS INC. 45 45
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TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 45 45
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SRI INTERNATIONAL 44 44
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C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 43 43
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GATEWAY 2000, INC. 43 43
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HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 43 43
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HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD. 43 43
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KENNAMETAL INC. 43 43
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LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 43 43
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 43 43
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BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 42 42
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INFOCUS CORPORATION 42 42
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MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 42 42
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RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 42 42
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SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 42 42
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SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 42 42
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TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED 42 42
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VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 42 42
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ALCATEL CANADA, INC. 41 41
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY 41 41
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MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 41 41
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NOKIA NETWORKS OY 41 41
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NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 41 41
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PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 41 41
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TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 41 41
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TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 41 41
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BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 40 40
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CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 40 40
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FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 40 40
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IMATION CORP. 40 40
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KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 40 40
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MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 40 40
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OKIDATA CORPORATION 40 40
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PTS CORPORATION 40 40
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QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 40 40
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SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 40 40
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TEAC CORPORATION 40 40
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TEKELEC 40 40

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THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 40 40
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TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 40 40
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EXHIBIT K
Top 300 Organizations Granted

U.S. Patents in 2016
Are more patents better?
IPO does not attempt to answer the question above. IPO publishes patent owner lists as an information
service for IPO members.
This list of organizations that received the most U.S. utility patents is being published by IPO for the 34th
consecutive year. It is based on data obtained from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Patents granted to parent and subsidiary companies are combined in many instances. See the end notes
for more information. IPO makes reasonable efforts to avoid errors, but cannot guarantee accuracy.
30 May 2017
2016 Patent Owners

Numerical Listing
Use care in interpreting the “percent change from 2015” column. The total number of patents granted by the USPTO in 2016
was 303,051, up 1.6 percent from 2015. The percent change for an individual organization could be affected by mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2015 and 2016, and many other factors.
Percent Percent
2016 Change 2016 Change
Rank Organization Patents From 2015 Rank Organization Patents From 2015
1 International Business Machines 8,023 7.8 38 Mitsubishi Denki K.K. 1,011 13.6
Corp. 39 Cisco Technology, Inc. 987 0.4
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5,504 8.8 40 Johnson & Johnson 932 -14.1
3 Canon K.K. 3,865 -8.8 41 Brother Kogyo K.K. 926 -22.0
4 Intel Corp. 3,414 30.1 42 Texas Instruments, Inc. 887 10.0
5 Google, Inc. 3,267 2.3 43 Micron Technology, Inc. 882 -8.2
6 Qualcomm, Inc. 3,118 -2.8 44 NEC Corp. 880 13.8
7 General Electric Co. 2,566 -2.4 45 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 870 -10.7
8 Microsoft Corp. 2,558 3.5 46 Broadcom Corp. 822 -24.3
9 LG Electronics Inc. 2,426 8.3 47 Honeywell International Inc. 820 9.9
10 Taiwan Semiconductor 2,261 28.6 48 Sharp Corp. 818 -15.6
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 49 BOE Technology Group 815 195.3
11 Sony Corp. 2,168 -11.4 Co., Ltd.
12 Apple, Inc. 2,101 8.5 50 Blackberry Ltd. 769 -28.1
13 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 2,010 10.1 51 Xerox Corp. 762 -18.6
14 Toshiba Corp. 1,920 -31.3 52 Verizon 754 -12.0
15 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 1,662 46.3 53 Kyocera Document 740 9.1
16 Seiko Epson Corp. 1,644 1.6 Solutions Inc.
17 Dell Technologies 1,628 new 54 STMicroelectronics, Inc. 737 1.9
18 Fujitsu Ltd. 1,563 7.4 55 The Dow Chemical Co. 705 10.0
19 Telefonaktiebolaget LM 1,552 10.4 56 Denso Corp. 702 -0.3
Ericsson 57 Fujifilm Corp. 699 -6.6
20 Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1,540 -5.9 58 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 696 new
21 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 1,530 27.6 59 Nokia Technologies Oy 695 73.8
22 Siemens AG 1,482 -0.4 60 Schlumberger Technology Corp. 685 -7.8
23 Medtronic Inc. 1,441 -8.9 61 Oracle International Corp. 662 -9.4
24 Ricoh Co., Ltd. 1,404 -13.2 62 Electronics and 660 -17.5
25 Panasonic Intellectual Property 1,400 -5.0 Telecommunications Research
Management Co., Ltd. Institute
26 Globalfoundries Inc. 1,360 136.5 63 HP Inc. 656 new
27 AT&T Corp. 1,266 -2.8 64 LG Display Co., Ltd. 638 1.1
28 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 1,198 49.9 65 Marvell Technology Group 630 9.9
29 Robert Bosch GmbH 1,122 10.4 66 Infineon Technologies AG 618 5.5
30 GM Global Technology 1,115 -14.8 67 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 615 new
Operations LLC 68 Applied Materials, Inc. 601 16.0
31 Koninklijke Philips N.V. 1,111 12.0 69 Renesas Electronics Corp. 589 -1.0
32 SK Hynix Inc. 1,108 30.0 70 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. 580 -5.1
33 United Technologies Corp. 1,096 2.4 71 Alcatel Lucent 565 -21.1
34 Western Digital Corp. 1,066 50.1 72 Olympus Corp. 555 36.4
35 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 1,054 -6.6 73 Halliburton Energy 549 18.3
Co., Ltd. Services, Inc.
36 Boeing Co. 1,052 7.9 74 Monsanto Co. 547 23.2
37 Hyundai Motor Co. 1,032 39.1
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Numerical Listing Percent Percent
75 3M Innovative Properties Co. 533 10.1 United Microelectronics Corp. 324 28.6
76 Seagate Technology, LLC 522 0.6 115 ABB Ltd. 317 -142.0
77 DuPont 513 -33.5 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 317 14.0
78 Hitachi, Ltd. 512 new Wistron Corp. 317 -14.1
79 Sprint Corp. 511 -1.5 118 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 311 new
80 University of California, The 505 3.3 119 Panasonic Intellectual Property 306 -33.2
Regents of Corp. of America
81 Caterpillar Inc. 503 -28.8 120 Sanofi 300 12.8
82 SAP AG 497 -26.7 121 NXP B.V. 290 -70.3
83 Shenzhen China Star 493 -0.6 122 Rohm Co., Ltd. 284 18.8
Optoelectronics Technology 123 Mediatek Inc. 280 12.9
Co., Ltd. 124 Bank of America Corp. 279 20.8
84 LG Chem, Ltd. 478 -7.2 125 Massachusetts Institute of 278 0.0
85 ZTE Corp. 472 13.5 Technology
86 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 468 24.5 126 TE Connectivity 277 new
87 Japan Display Inc. 467 25.5 127 InterDigital Technology Corp. 274 31.7
88 LG Innotek Co., Ltd. 459 22.4 128 Sumitomo Electric 269 -2.5
89 Konica Minolta, Inc. 446 23.5 Industries, Ltd.
90 Commissariat a l'Energie 442 9.1 129 Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) 265 108.7
Atomique et aux Energies Co. Ltd.
Alternatives 130 Rolls-Royce PLC 264 -1.5
Facebook, Inc. 442 18.2 131 Thomson Licensing S.A. 260 -17.5
92 Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. 433 -23.1 132 Becton Dickinson and Co. 255 2.8
93 Hon Hai Precision Industry 428 -25.3 133 NetApp, Inc. 251 52.1
Co., Ltd. 134 International Game Technology 247 3.8
94 BASF SE 423 -21.1 Novartis AG 247 10.3
95 Nike, Inc. 415 25.8 136 Juniper Networks, Inc. 245 -5.4
96 Samsung Electro-Mechanics 412 -16.8 137 Stanford University 244 19.0
Co., Ltd. 138 Cree, Inc. 241 21.7
97 Baker Hughes Inc. 408 -15.5
139 Deere & Co. 239 21.9
98 ExxonMobil Corp. 400 23.5
140 Macronix International Co., Ltd. 235 1.7
99 Mitsubishi Heavy 397 67.5
60.4
Industries, Ltd. 141 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 231
142 Elwha LLC 228 29.5
Procter & Gamble Co. 397 -12.4
143 ASML Netherlands B.V. 225 -0.4
101 Corning Inc. 394 -6.0
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. 225 13.1
Yazaki Corp. 394 1.5
145 Salesforce.com, Inc. 224 17.3
103 Kyocera Corp. 388 -3.0
146 Illinois Tool Works Inc. 223 0.5
Roche Holdings, Inc. 388 14.1
147 AU Optronics Corp. 222 -28.2
Tokyo Electron Ltd. 388 2.4
148 Airbus Operations GmbH 221 -1.8
106 Industrial Technology Research 374 -11.6
Institute, Taiwan Casio Computer Co. Ltd. 221 5.7
107 Raytheon Co. 369 16.8 Whirlpool Corp. 221 13.9
108 Adobe Systems Inc. 352 10.3 151 HTC Corp. 215 -13.3
109 Nvidia Corp. 350 7.7 NTT Docomo, Inc. 215 0.0
110 Futurewei Technologies, Inc. 344 2.7 153 Eaton Corp. 214 44.6
111 Empire Technology 342 16.3 154 Nikon Corp. 213 -14.5
Development LLC 155 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 212 9.8
112 United States of America, Navy 336 -7.2 Symantec Corp. 212 -49.6
113 Avago Technologies General IP 324 6.9 157 Bally Gaming, Inc. 211 51.8
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Saint-Gobain Corp. 211 -23.0
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159 Nokia Solutions and 208 24.6 197 BAE Systems 170 -16.7
Networks Oy Rambus, Inc. 170 3.0
160 Cook Medical 207 -2.4 199 Nielsen 169 29.0
Technologies LLC 200 Merck Patent GmbH 168 -15.6
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 207 18.3
Wisconsin Alumni Research 168 4.3
162 Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 204 -9.3 Foundation
163 Fanuc Corp. 203 new 202 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 167 16.8
Hitachi High-Technologies 203 new Johns Hopkins University 167 16.8
Corp. 204 KLA-Tencor Corp. 166 18.6
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions 203 -11.7
Nestec, S.A. 166 40.7
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
206 ZF Friedrichshafen, AG 164 -3.0
Semiconductor Components 203 12.8
Industries, LLC 207 Shell Oil Co. 163 -11.4
167 Red Hat, Inc. 202 -20.5 208 University of Texas 162 -15.2
168 California Institute 201 9.8 209 Osram Opto Semiconductors 161 4.5
of Technology GmbH
Commscope Technologies LLC 201 new 210 Stats Chippac Pte. Ltd. 160 2.6
170 Audi AG 199 40.1 211 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 159 new
Nitto Denko Corp. 199 -2.0 212 Shimano Inc. 156 36.8
172 Infineon Technologies 198 22.2 213 Daikin Industries Ltd. 155 13.1
Austria AG Thales 155 -4.3
173 Bridgestone Corp. 197 -3.4 Xilinx, Inc. 155 -8.3
Hitachi Automotive 197 new 216 Airbus Operations S.A.S. 154 -23.0
Systems, Ltd. 217 Koch Industries 153 4.8
Merck & Co., Inc. 197 -10.9 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo 153 -1.9
176 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 195 -6.7 Metal Corp.
177 Schaeffler Technologies AG & 192 -22.9 219 Komatsu Ltd. 152 -6.7
Co. KG Pfizer Inc. 152 26.7
178 Societe Nationale d'Etude et de 191 11.0 221 CNH Industrial America LLC 151 5.6
Construction de Moteurs Huawei Device Co., Ltd. 151 17.1
d'Aviation
Jtekt Corp. 151 -13.7
Stryker Corp. 191 -1.5
TDK Corp. 151 -3.8
Xperi Corp. 191 new
225 Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. 150 33.9
181 Lockheed Martin Corp. 190 -13.6
226 Aktiebolaget SKF 149 -6.9
182 Avaya Inc. 189 20.3
Continental Automotive GmbH 149 2.1
183 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 184 new
228 Aisin Seiki K.K. 148 -17.3
184 CA, Inc. 183 34.6
Semiconductor Manufacturing 148 new
Yahoo, Inc. 183 -23.8 International (Shanghai) Corp.
186 Eastman Kodak Co. 181 -25.5 230 Echostar Technologies LLC 147 26.7
187 LAM Research Corp. 179 27.9 Foxconn Interconnect 147 new
Tsinghua University 179 -2.7 Technology Ltd.
UOP 179 -25.1 United States of America, 147 -3.3
190 Hitachi Metals Ltd. 178 new Department of Health & Human
191 Ebay Inc. 176 -1.1 Services
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 176 24.8 233 Accenture Global Services Ltd. 146 28.1
193 Boston Scientific 173 new Globus Medical Inc. 146 new
Neuromodulation Corp. Nichia Corp. 146 new
194 Citrix Systems, Inc. 172 -0.6 Paypal. Inc. 146 new
195 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 171 43.7 237 Panasonic Corp. 145 -49.3
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 171 -2.3 238 DSM IP Assets B.V. 144 23.1
239 University of Michigan 142 21.4
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240 Rockwell Automation 141 -11.9 283 Joled, Inc. 117 1.7
Technologies, Inc. Lexmark International, Inc. 117 new
241 Ecolab USA Inc. 139 29.9 LSIS Co., Ltd. 117 2.6
242 Bayer Intellectual 138 -39.5 Omnivision Technologies Inc. 117 new
Property GmbH 287 ARM Ltd. 116 -20.5
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. 138 29.0
HRL Laboratories, LLC 116 new
244 Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. 136 new
Osram GmbH 116 3.6
United States of America, Army 136 -16.0
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 116 -15.9
246 Analog Devices, Inc. 135 18.4
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. 116 -4.1
Rockwell Collins, Inc. 135 -10.0
292 Sandia Corp. 115 6.5
248 Cooper Technologies Co. 134 11.7
United States of America, 115 new
249 Abbott Cardiovascular 133 -7.0 National Aeronautics and Space
Systems, Inc. Administration
Nuance Communications, Inc. 133 -9.5 294 L'Oreal S.A. 114 -23.5
251 Delta Electronics Inc. 132 -20.5 University of South Florida 114 new
Omron Corp. 132 7.3 296 Arris Enterprises, Inc. 113 new
253 NGK Insulators Ltd. 130 0.8 Compagnie Generale des 113 0.0
254 Chevron USA Inc. 129 -22.3 Etablissements Michelin
Shimadzu Corp. 129 new 298 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 111 new
Toray Industries Inc. 129 -3.7 Uni-Charm Corp. 111 -13.3
257 Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH 128 9.4 300 Acer Inc. 110 new
Centre National de la Recherche 128 -19.0 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 110 new
Scientifique - CNRS
Life Technologies Corp. 128 new
Syngenta Participations AG 128 -8.6
261 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 127 17.6
262 Acushnet Co. 126 8.6
Intuitive Surgical 126 14.5
Operations, Inc.
264 Allergan, Inc. 125 -8.1
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 125 new
Kobe Steel, Ltd. 125 3.3
267 Atmel Corp. 124 -3.1
NTN Corp. 124 -3.1
269 NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. 123 9.8
Smith & Nephew, Inc. 123 new
Sumitomo Rubber 123 -0.8
Industries, Ltd.
272 Epistar Corp. 122 new
Mahle International GmbH 122 new
274 Pixart Imaging Inc. 121 new
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 121 -14.8
Yamaha Corp. 121 new
277 Open Invention Network, LLC 120 new
278 Here Global B.V. 119 new
279 Columbia University 118 -0.8
Continental Automotive 118 new
Systems, Inc.
Hyundai Mobis, Co., Ltd. 118 new
Sun Patent Trust 118 new
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Alphabetical Listing
Use care in interpreting the “percent change from 2015” column. The total number of utility patents granted by the USPTO in
2016 was 303,051, up 1.6 percent from 2015. The percent change for an individual organization might be affected by mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2015 and 2016, and other factors.
Percent Percent
75 3M Innovative Properties Co. 533 10.1 193 Boston Scientific 173 new
115 ABB Ltd. 317 142.0 Neuromodulation Corp.
249 Abbott Cardiovascular 133 -7.0 118 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 311 new
Systems, Inc. 173 Bridgestone Corp. 197 -3.4
233 Accenture Global Services Ltd. 146 28.1 298 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 111 new
300 Acer Inc. 110 new 46 Broadcom Corp. 822 -24.3
262 Acushnet Co. 126 8.6 41 Brother Kogyo K.K. 926 -22.0
108 Adobe Systems Inc. 352 10.3 184 CA, Inc. 183 34.6
155 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 212 9.8 168 California Institute of 201 9.8
148 Airbus Operations GmbH 221 -1.8 Technology
216 Airbus Operations S.A.S. 154 -23.0 3 Canon K.K. 3,865 -8.8
228 Aisin Seiki K.K. 148 -17.3 211 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 159 new
226 Aktiebolaget SKF 149 -6.9 257 Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH 128 9.4
71 Alcatel Lucent 565 -21.1 148 Casio Computer Co. Ltd. 221 5.7
264 Allergan, Inc. 125 -8.1 81 Caterpillar Inc. 503 -28.8
15 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 1,662 46.3 257 Centre National de la Recherche 128 -19.0
Scientifique - CNRS
246 Analog Devices, Inc. 135 18.4
254 Chevron USA Inc. 129 -22.3
12 Apple, Inc. 2,101 8.5
39 Cisco Technology, Inc. 987 0.4
68 Applied Materials, Inc. 601 16.0
194 Citrix Systems, Inc. 172 -0.6
287 ARM Ltd. 116 -20.5
221 CNH Industrial America LLC 151 5.6
296 Arris Enterprises, Inc. 113 new
279 Columbia University 118 -0.8
143 ASML Netherlands B.V. 225 -0.4
90 Commissariat a l'Energie 442 9.1
27 AT&T Corp. 1,266 -2.8 Atomique et aux Energies
267 Atmel Corp. 124 -3.1 Alternatives
147 AU Optronics Corp. 222 -28.2 168 Commscope Technologies LLC 201 new
170 Audi AG 199 40.1 296 Compagnie Generale des 113 0.0
113 Avago Technologies General IP 324 6.9 Etablissements Michelin
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 226 Continental Automotive GmbH 149 2.1
182 Avaya Inc. 189 -20.3 279 Continental Automotive 118 new
197 BAE Systems 170 -16.7 Systems, Inc.
97 Baker Hughes Inc. 408 -15.5 160 Cook Medical 207 -2.4
Technologies LLC
157 Bally Gaming, Inc. 211 51.8
248 Cooper Technologies Co. 134 11.7
124 Bank of America Corp. 279 20.8
101 Corning Inc. 394 -6.0
94 BASF SE 423 -21.1
138 Cree, Inc. 241 21.7
242 Bayer Intellectual Property 138 -39.5
GmbH 202 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 167 16.8
264 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 125 new 213 Daikin Industries Ltd. 155 13.1
132 Becton Dickinson and Co. 255 2.8 139 Deere & Co. 239 21.9
50 Blackberry Ltd. 769 -28.1 17 Dell Technologies 1,628 new
49 BOE Technology Group 815 195.3 251 Delta Electronics Inc. 132 -20.5
Co., Ltd. 56 Denso Corp. 702 -0.3
36 Boeing Co. 1,052 7.9
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Alphabetical Listing Percent Percent
176 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 195 -6.7 47 Honeywell International Inc. 820 9.9
141 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 231 60.4 63 HP Inc. 656 new
238 DSM IP Assets B.V. 144 23.1 287 HRL Laboratories, LLC 116 new
77 DuPont 513 -33.8 151 HTC Corp. 215 -13.1
186 Eastman Kodak Co. 181 -25.5 221 Huawei Device Co., Ltd. 151 17.1
153 Eaton Corp. 214 44.6 28 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 1,198 49.9
191 Ebay Inc. 176 -1.1 279 Hyundai Mobis, Co., Ltd. 118 new
230 Echostar Technologies LLC 147 26.7 37 Hyundai Motor Co. 1,032 39.1
241 Ecolab USA Inc. 139 29.9 146 Illinois Tool Works Inc. 223 0.5
62 Electronics and 660 -17.5 106 Industrial Technology Research 374 -11.6
Telecommunications Research Institute, Taiwan
Institute 66 Infineon Technologies AG 618 5.5
142 Elwha LLC 228 29.5 172 Infineon Technologies 198 22.2
110 Empire Technology Development 342 16.3 Austria AG
LLC 4 Intel Corp. 3,414 30.1
272 Epistar Corp. 122 new 127 InterDigital Technology Corp. 274 31.7
98 ExxonMobil Corp. 400 23.5 1 International Business Machines 8,023 7.8
90 Facebook, Inc. 442 18.2 Corp.
163 Fanuc Corp. 203 new 134 International Game Technology 247 3.8
21 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 1,530 27.6 262 Intuitive Surgical 126 14.5
Foxconn Interconnect 147 new Operations, Inc.
230
Technology Ltd. 87 Japan Display Inc. 467 25.5
58 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 696 new 202 Johns Hopkins University 167 16.8
143 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. 225 13.1 40 Johnson & Johnson 932 -14.1
70 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. 580 -5.1 283 Joled, Inc. 117 1.7
57 Fujifilm Corp. 699 -6.6 221 Jtekt Corp. 151 -13.7
18 Fujitsu Ltd. 1,563 7.4 136 Juniper Networks, Inc. 245 -5.4
110 Futurewei Technologies, Inc. 344 2.7 225 Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. 150 33.9
7 General Electric Co. 2,566 -2.4 261 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 127 17.6
26 Globalfoundries Inc. 1,360 136.5 204 KLA-Tencor Corp. 166 18.6
233 Globus Medical Inc. 146 new 264 Kobe Steel, Ltd. 125 3.3
30 GM Global Technology 1,115 -14.8 217 Koch Industries 153 4.8
Operations LLC 219 Komatsu Ltd. 152 -6.7
5 Google, Inc. 3,267 2.3 89 Konica Minolta, Inc. 446 23.5
73 Halliburton Energy 549 18.3 31 Koninklijke Philips N.V. 1,111 12.0
Services, Inc. Kyocera Corp. 388 -3.0
103
300 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 110 new
53 Kyocera Document 740 9.1
278 Here Global B.V. 119 new Solutions Inc.
67 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 615 new 187 LAM Research Corp. 179 27.9
173 Hitachi Automotive 197 new 183 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 184 new
Systems, Ltd. Lenovo Enterprise Solutions 203 -11.7
163
163 Hitachi High-Technologies 203 new (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Corp. Lexmark International, Inc. 117 new
283
244 Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. 136 new
84 LG Chem, Ltd. 478 -7.2
190 Hitachi Metals Ltd. 178 new
64 LG Display Co., Ltd. 638 1.1
78 Hitachi, Ltd. 512 new
9 LG Electronics Inc. 2,426 8.3
93 Hon Hai Precision Industry 428 -25.3
88 LG Innotek Co., Ltd. 459 22.4
Co., Ltd.
257 Life Technologies Corp. 128 new
45 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 870 -10.7
181 Lockheed Martin Corp. 190 -13.6
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294 L'Oreal S.A. 114 -23.5 209 Osram Opto Semiconductors 161 4.5
283 LSIS Co., Ltd. 117 2.6 GmbH
140 Macronix International Co., Ltd. 235 1.7 237 Panasonic Corp. 145 -49.3
272 Mahle International GmbH 122 new 118 Panasonic Intellectual Property 306 -33.2
Corp. of America
65 Marvell Technology Group 630 9.9
25 Panasonic Intellectual Property 1,400 -5.0
125 Massachusetts Institute of 278 0.0 Management Co., Ltd.
Technology
233 Paypal. Inc. 146 new
123 Mediatek Inc. 280 12.9
219 Pfizer Inc. 152 26.7
23 Medtronic Inc. 1,441 -8.9
274 Pixart Imaging Inc. 121 new
173 Merck & Co., Inc. 197 -10.9
99 Procter & Gamble Co. 397 -12.4
200 Merck Patent GmbH 168 -15.6
6 Qualcomm, Inc. 3,118 -2.8
43 Micron Technology, Inc. 882 -8.2
197 Rambus, Inc. 170 3.0
8 Microsoft Corp. 2,558 3.5
107 Raytheon Co. 369 16.8
38 Mitsubishi Denki K.K. 1,011 13.6
287 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 116 -15.9
99 Mitsubishi Heavy 397 67.5
Industries, Ltd. 167 Red Hat, Inc. 202 -20.5
74 Monsanto Co. 547 23.2 69 Renesas Electronics Corp. 589 -1.0
191 Motorola Solutions, Inc. 176 24.8 24 Ricoh Co., Ltd. 1,404 -13.2
86 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 468 24.5 29 Robert Bosch GmbH 1,122 10.4
44 NEC Corp. 880 13.8 103 Roche Holdings, Inc. 388 14.1
204 Nestec, S.A. 166 40.7 240 Rockwell Automation 141 -11.9
Technologies, Inc.
133 NetApp, Inc. 251 52.1
246 Rockwell Collins, Inc. 135 -10.0
253 NGK Insulators Ltd. 130 0.8
122 Rohm Co., Ltd. 284 18.8
269 NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. 123 9.8
130 Rolls-Royce PLC 264 -1.5
233 Nichia Corp. 146 new
157 Saint-Gobain Corp. 211 -23.0
199 Nielsen 169 29.0
145 Salesforce.com, Inc. 224 17.3
95 Nike, Inc. 415 25.8
13 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 2,010 10.1
154 Nikon Corp. 213 -14.5
96 Samsung Electro-Mechanics 412 -16.8
160 Nintendo Co., Ltd. 207 18.3 Co., Ltd.
217 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal 153 -1.9 2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5,504 8.8
Corp.
92 Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. 433 -23.1
115 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 317 14.0
292 Sandia Corp. 115 6.5
170 Nitto Denko Corp. 199 -2.0
120 Sanofi 300 12.8
159 Nokia Solutions and 208 24.6
Networks Oy 82 SAP AG 497 -26.7
59 Nokia Technologies Oy 695 73.8 195 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 171 43.7
134 Novartis AG 247 10.3 177 Schaeffler Technologies AG & 192 -22.9
Co. KG
267 NTN Corp. 124 -3.1
60 Schlumberger Technology Corp. 685 -7.8
151 NTT Docomo, Inc. 215 0.0
76 Seagate Technology, LLC 522 0.6
249 Nuance Communications, Inc. 133 -9.5
16 Seiko Epson Corp. 1,644 1.6
109 Nvidia Corp. 350 7.7
163 Semiconductor Components 203 12.8
121 NXP B.V. 290 -70.3 Industries, LLC
72 Olympus Corp. 555 36.4 35 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 1,054 -6.6
283 Omnivision Technologies Inc. 117 new Co., Ltd.
251 Omron Corp. 132 7.3 228 Semiconductor Manufacturing 148 new
277 Open Invention Network, LLC 120 new International (Shanghai) Corp.
Oracle International Corp. 662 -9.4 48 Sharp Corp. 818 -15.6
61
Osram GmbH 116 3.6 207 Shell Oil Co. 163 -11.4
287
www.ipo.org
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2016 Patent Owners
83 Shenzhen China Star 493 -0.6 230 United States of America, 147 -3.3
Optoelectronics Technology Department of Health & Human
Co., Ltd. Services
254 Shimadzu Corp. 129 new 292 United States of America, 115 new
212 Shimano Inc. 156 36.8 National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
162 Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 204 -9.3
112 United States of America, Navy 336 -7.2
22 Siemens AG 1,482 -0.4
33 United Technologies Corp. 1,096 2.4
32 SK Hynix Inc. 1,108 30.0
80 University of California, The 505 3.3
269 Smith & Nephew, Inc. 123 new
Regents of
178 Societe Nationale d'Etude et de 191 11.0
239 University of Michigan 142 21.4
Construction de Moteurs
d'Aviation 294 University of South Florida 114 new
11 Sony Corp. 2,168 -11.4 208 University of Texas 162 -15.4
79 Sprint Corp. 511 -1.5 187 UOP 179 -25.1
137 Stanford University 244 19.0 52 Verizon 754 -12.0
274 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 121 -14.8 34 Western Digital Corp. 1,066 50.1
210 Stats Chippac Pte. Ltd. 160 2.6 148 Whirlpool Corp. 221 13.9
54 STMicroelectronics, Inc. 737 1.9 200 Wisconsin Alumni Research 168 4.3
Foundation
178 Stryker Corp. 191 -1.5
115 Wistron Corp. 317 -14.1
195 Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 171 -2.3
51 Xerox Corp. 762 -18.6
128 Sumitomo Electric 269 -2.5
Industries, Ltd. 213 Xilinx, Inc. 155 -8.3
269 Sumitomo Rubber 123 -0.8 178 Xperi Corp. 191 new
Industries, Ltd. 184 Yahoo, Inc. 183 -23.8
242 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. 138 29.2 274 Yamaha Corp. 121 new
279 Sun Patent Trust 118 new 287 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. 116 -4.1
155 Symantec Corp. 212 -49.6 101 Yazaki Corp. 394 1.5
257 Syngenta Participations AG 128 -8.6 206 ZF Friedrichshafen, AG 164 -3.0
10 Taiwan Semiconductor 2,261 28.6 85 ZTE Corp. 472 13.5
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
221 TDK Corp. 151 -3.8
126 TE Connectivity 277 new
19 Telefonaktiebolaget LM 1,552 10.4
Ericsson
129 Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) 265 108.7
Co. Ltd.
42 Texas Instruments, Inc. 887 10.0
213 Thales 155 -4.3
55 The Dow Chemical Co. 705 10.1
131 Thomson Licensing S.A. 260 -17.5
103 Tokyo Electron Ltd. 388 2.4
254 Toray Industries Inc. 129 -3.7
14 Toshiba Corp. 1,920 -31.3
20 Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1,540 -5.9
187 Tsinghua University 179 -2.7
298 Uni-Charm Corp. 111 -13.3
113 United Microelectronics Corp. 324 28.6
244 United States of America, Army 136 -16.6
www.ipo.org
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END NOTES:
1. “New” in the percent change column indicates that the company was not on the Top 300 list in
2015.
2. The number of patents granted does not necessarily indicate the value of a company’s technology,
the effectiveness of its R&D, or whether it will be profitable. The number of patents per company varies
widely from industry to industry and from company to company within an industry.
3. This report was compiled by IPO from data provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office. Patents reported are utility patents granted during calendar year 2016 that listed the organization
or a subsidiary as the owner on the printed patent document. If an assignment of rights to an organization
or its subsidiary was recorded after the patent document was printed, the patent was not counted. Patents
in the name of a majority-owned subsidiary are included with patents of the parent organization if the
organization asked IPO to include subsidiaries. Patents that were granted to two or more organizations
jointly are attributed to the organization listed first on the patent document.
4. The number of utility patents granted by the USPTO increased to 303,051 in 2016 from 298,407
in 2015.
5. IPO has published this report annually since 1984 as a service to its members. For annual lists,
go to www.ipo.org/top300.
6. For next year’s list, IPO will include patents of majority-owned subsidiaries under the name of
the parent if the parent provides the names of such subsidiaries to IPO by 1 March 2018.
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vs. EXCLUDE EVIDENCE OF
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1 WHEREAS, Apple Inc. (“Apple”) has filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence of
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3 Having considered said motion, and for good cause shown, the Court GRANTS Apple’s
4 Motion In Limine #2 To Exclude Evidence Of Unasserted Patents.
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The Honorable Lucy H. Koh
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Case 5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document 3647 Filed 04/09/18 Page 1 of 3

2 motion for an order to file under seal the following document:

3 Document Portions To Be Filed Under Party Claiming

25 Dated: April 9, 2018 /s/ Mark D. Selwyn

APPLE’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL

4 consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system.

APPLE’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL

1 I, Mark D. Selwyn, hereby declare:

2 1. I am an attorney admitted to practice in the State of California, the

7 and would testify competently to the facts stated herein.

8 2. Pursuant to Local Rule 79-5, I submit this declaration in support of Apple’s

9 Administrative Motion to File Document Under Seal.

10 3. Exhibit B to my Declaration in Support of Apple’s Motion in Limine #2 contains

12 and/or Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”) may consider

16 contained in the aforementioned document should be sealed.

17 5. Apple does not assert a claim of confidentiality over Exhibit B of my Declaration

18 in Support of Apple’s Motion in Limine #2.

19 6. Accordingly, Apple requests that Apple’s Administrative Motion to File

20 Document Under Seal be granted.

23 Executed this 9th day of April 2018.

26 /s/ Mark D. Selwyn

4 consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system.

2 document under seal;

1 ERIK J. OLSON (CA SBN 175815) WILLIAM F. LEE

1 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION

2 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

13 Dated: April 9, 2018 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING

10 A. Unasserted Apple Patents Are Irrelevant To Identifying The AOMs Or

1 Unfairly Prejudicial And Improperly Inviting Jury To Question Policy Implications

15 B. Samsung and Third-Party Patents Are Also Irrelevant And Prejudicial.

1 Dated: April 9, 2018 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING

6 /s/ Mark D. Selwyn

6 MARK D. SELWYN (CA SBN 244180)

15 APPLE INC., a California corporation,

28 DECLARATION OF MARK D. SELWYN IN SUPPORT OF APPLE’S

1 I, Mark D. Selwyn, hereby declare as follows:

7 competently to those facts under oath.

9 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.

10 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Samsung’s Second

12 Regarding Article of Manufacture, served on December 21, 2017.

14 transcript of the February 13, 2018 deposition of Alan Ball.

17 the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.

20 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.

23 disco.org, cited in the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucenete.

26 Information, cited in the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.

9 the 2018 Expert Report of Sam Lucente.

16 /s/ Mark D. Selwyn

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