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Apple Inc. (AAPL)

Nasdaq: AAPL · Electronic Computers · Cupertino, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

41,048 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Apple Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
41,048
35,371 utility, 5,586 design, 91 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3,369
Against 3,496 in 2024 and 2,916 in 2023
Applications published
35,017
2,941 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology4,203
Digital communication3,880
Audio-visual technology1,459
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy633
Telecommunications631
Optics586
Measurement433
Semiconductors263
Basic communication processes242
Medical technology215
IT methods for management147
Transport130
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Apple Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
38,915 granted
10,856 published
Apple Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 7 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA, printed in BY)
0 granted
23,649 published
Apple Computer Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2,133 granted
503 published
Apple Computer, Inc. a California Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
9 published
Names not counted (2)
Apple Inc.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
Apple Inc.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,740Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,737Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,736Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,733Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,732Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,731Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,730Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,729Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,721Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interfaceApple Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,713CoverApple Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0393302Device Structure for Inducing Layout Dependent Threshold Voltage ShiftSemiconductorsApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393091SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-HOP CONFIGURATIONS IN IAB NETWORKS FOR REDUCED LATENCYDigital communicationApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393052Fast Secondary Cell Activation With Temporary Reference SignalsDigital communicationApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393044Enhancement for Power Saving in Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Process for Long Term Evolution (LTE) and New Radio (NR) Wireless NetworksDigital communicationApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393042UE CAPABILITY REPORTING AND BD/CCE LIMIT DETERMINATION WITH MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING DCIDigital communicationApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392983NON-ACCESS STRATUM (NAS) SIGNALING OPTIMIZATIONDigital communicationApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392958MAC SegmentationDigital communicationApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392851Display System Having An Audio Output DeviceAudio-visual technologyApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392849WEARABLE INTERACTIVE AUDIO DEVICEAudio-visual technologyApple Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392715LAYER BASED METHODS FOR SUB-PICTURE SUPPORT AND REGION OF INTEREST SCALABILITYAudio-visual technologyApple Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 2,058 · Digital communication 1,845 · Audio-visual technology 642 · Telecommunications 387 · Optics 354 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 285.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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