AAPL · USPTO Filings
Apple Inc. — Patent Applications
Recent USPTO patent applications filed under applicant “Apple Inc. / APPLE INC.” — pending requests, not granted patents. Where a filing continues an already-granted parent, the parent’s number is shown.
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Tracked Applications
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Continuations of Granted Parents
Recent Applications
Every row is a patent application — a pending request, not a granted patent. “Granted Parent” shows the parent patent number when a filing continues an already-granted family. Newest filings first. Source: USPTO Open Data Portal (public).
| Title | Filed | Application # | Status | Granted Parent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR INTERACTING WITH A WEB-BROWSER | 2026-02-12 | 19538496 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12579209 |
| Configuring Context-Based Restrictions For A Computing Device | 2026-02-02 | 19300556 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12417318 |
| STYLUS WITH ADJUSTABLE FEATURES | 2026-01-28 | 19462908 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12572227 |
| Techniques for Triggering Input Actions from Detected Gestures | 2026-01-28 | 19462541 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12566508 |
| INPUT DEVICE | 2026-01-26 | 19459570 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12535895 |
| PRESENTING VIRTUAL ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A PRODUCT IN AN ENVIRONMENT | 2026-01-26 | 19460087 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12555338 |
| SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING TRANSMISSION POWER LEVEL BASED ON BODY PROXIMITY | 2026-01-23 | 19458611 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12537555 |
| Stereoscopic Floating Window Metadata | 2026-01-23 | 19457647 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12556679 |
| CROSS-PLATFORM SHARING OF DISPLAYED CONTENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | 2026-01-23 | 19458627 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12535983 |
| Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Interacting with Three-Dimensional Environments | 2026-01-23 | 19458446 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12535875 |
| DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR PROVIDING ENVIRONMENT TRACKING CONTENT | 2026-01-22 | 19456888 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12554609 |
| LOW-BANDWIDTH AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION USER INTERFACES | 2026-01-22 | 19456732 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12543028 |
| DEVICE COMMUNICATION THROUGH HIGH-FREQUENCY LIGHT ENCODING | 2026-01-21 | 19454835 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12556929 |
| Scheduling for Multiple PDSCH/PUSCH Operations | 2026-01-21 | 19455203 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12562878 |
| ENHANCED SIMULATED VISION | 2026-01-21 | 19455570 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12547362 |
| Temperature Detection | 2026-01-21 | 19455659 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12557993 |
| CROWN FOR AN ELECTRONIC WATCH | 2026-01-21 | 19455205 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12554224 |
| INTEGRATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END FOR SIZE REDUCTION AND IMPROVED PERFORMANCE | 2026-01-20 | 19454118 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12555919 |
| DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE AND SENSE FOR TOUCH SENSOR PANEL | 2026-01-20 | 19454044 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12547285 |
| GROUP PEER-TO-PEER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS | 2026-01-20 | 19454147 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 10296889 |
| Hand-Gesture Activation of Actionable Items | 2026-01-20 | 19454246 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12554333 |
| Combined IQ-Polar Radio Frequency Digital-to-Analog-Converter (RFDAC) Systems and Methods | 2026-01-16 | 19451922 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12531572 |
| DELAYING LIVE COMMUNICATIONS | 2026-01-15 | 19449943 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12556596 |
| SYSTEM FOR LINK MANAGEMENT BETWEEN MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION CHIPS | 2026-01-15 | 19449956 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12547568 |
| AUGMENTATION BASED ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT CONTEXT | 2026-01-15 | 19449595 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12548263 |
| DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ADJUSTING DEVICE SETTINGS | 2026-01-15 | 19450549 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12530113 |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL SAMPLING DURING PREDETERMINED ACTIVITIES | 2026-01-15 | 19449749 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12527485 |
| USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING SHARED-CONTENT SESSIONS | 2026-01-14 | 19449095 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | — |
| DROP-IN ON COMPUTING DEVICES BASED ON EVENT DETECTIONS | 2026-01-14 | 19449122 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12562047 |
| PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD OF PLANAR TRANSFORMER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | 2026-01-14 | 19448974 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12548706 |
| USER INTERFACES FOR LOCATION TRACKING | 2026-01-13 | 19447754 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12586454 |
| RANKING WIRELESS STREAMING DEVICES BASED ON PROXIMITY | 2026-01-13 | 19448001 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12543144 |
| DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DISPLAYING SETS OF CONTROLS IN RESPONSE TO GAZE AND/OR GESTURE INPUTS | 2026-01-12 | 19446817 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12524142 |
| Electronic Devices Having Moisture-Insensitive Optical Touch Sensors | 2026-01-12 | 19446615 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | — |
| PERSPECTIVE CORRECT VECTOR GRAPHICS WITH FOVEATED RENDERING | 2026-01-12 | 19445885 | Non Final Action Mailed | parent 11887228 |
| SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING A NOTIFICATION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 2026-01-12 | 19446805 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12530108 |
| TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING GAIN MAPS BASED ON ACQUIRED IMAGES | 2026-01-12 | 19446482 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12530757 |
| USER INTERFACES FOR DISPLAYING, TRANSMITTING, AND RECEIVING COMMUNICATIONS DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION | 2026-01-09 | 19445344 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12556592 |
| PUSH NOTIFICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | 2026-01-09 | 19445405 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12549643 |
| SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTED CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY | 2026-01-08 | 19443925 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12526734 |
| Shared Control Bus for Graphics Processors | 2026-01-07 | 19442711 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12554536 |
| 3D Representation of Physical Environment Objects | 2026-01-07 | 19442486 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12536736 |
| Alternative Object Representations in Multi-User Communication Sessions | 2026-01-07 | 19442444 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12541917 |
| QoS Impact Mitigation during Unavailability of RAN support of Network Slicing | 2026-01-07 | 19442188 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12550017 |
| CONTEXT-BASED AVATAR QUALITY | 2026-01-07 | 19442420 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | — |
| Load Modulated Radio-frequency Amplifier with Digital Predistortion | 2026-01-07 | 19442774 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12537548 |
| ACCESSING FUNCTIONS OF EXTERNAL DEVICES USING REALITY INTERFACES | 2026-01-06 | 19441681 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12535982 |
| METHODS FOR DCI CONFIGURATIONS AND PROCEDURES WITH MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING DCI | 2026-01-06 | 19440916 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12550161 |
| System For Determining Position Both Indoor and Outdoor | 2026-01-06 | 19441065 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12540823 |
| Transformer Based Filter for Complementary Oscillator Circuitry | 2026-01-06 | 19441092 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | parent 12549132 |
How to read this
Every row here is an application — a request the USPTO has not yet decided. In plain English: these filings show where Apple Inc.’s R&D effort is pointed right now, often 18–24 months before any product ships — but an application can be amended, abandoned, or rejected, and most confer no enforceable rights until granted. A “granted parent” tag means the filing continues a patent family that already has a grant — the new claims themselves are still pending. Filings are matched by applicant name, so work filed under subsidiary or research-entity names may not appear. Source: USPTO Open Data Portal (public).