What Did The Patent Landscape Of Apple Look Like ?  

Apple is a multinational technology company based in Cupertino, California. It was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Apple is known for its innovative hardware and software products, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. The company is also a leader in digital content distribution with platforms like the App Store, iTunes, and Apple Music. Apple has a reputation for its sleek design and user-friendly interfaces, and its products are popular around the world.

Currently, Apple has a total of 27691 patents globally. Out of 27691 patents, 9014 patents are active.

What Did The Patent Landscape Of Apple Look Like?

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Apple

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	7473
	DEAD	EXPIRED	2601
		NON-PAYMENT	755
		CEASED	216
		WITHDRAWN	72
		ABANDONED	72
		REVOKED	72
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	72
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	72
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	348
	ACTIVE	P-REVOKED	72
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	204
		EXPIRED	72
		DOUBLE	72
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	72
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	72
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1121
	DEAD	EXPIRED	382
	DEAD	CEASED	72

Technology Domain-Wise Patent Trend In Apple

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Apple on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-6323846-B1	48	611	1340	1872	648	4519
US-5754939-A	581	706	814	432	236	2769
US-6570557-B1	8	262	661	1002	428	2361
US-6677932-B1	10	269	540	907	377	2103
US-7657849-B2	0	60	248	848	428	1584
US-5594509-A	284	336	451	193	45	1309
US-5751997-A	87	305	354	327	163	1236
US-7483538-B2	0	5	46	798	340	1189
US-8103009-B2	0	1	54	768	330	1153
US-5621456-A	245	255	387	152	32	1071

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IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Apple

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	3819	3819	100
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)	1641	1641	100
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	1558	1558	100
TRANSMISSION (H04B)	1001	1001	100
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)	833	833	100
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL (G06T)	666	666	100
ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (G09G)	576	576	100
TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (H04M)	545	545	100
RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (G06K)	470	470	100
PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (H05K)	404	404	100

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