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2010 — 2019
US 7663607 · 2010 · Apple Inc
How Multi-Touch Screens Track Multiple Fingers at Once
US 7657849 · 2010 · Apple Inc
How the iPhone's Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Works
US 8697359 · 2014 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
How to Edit Genes in Human Cells Using an Engineered CRISPR System
US 7653883 · 2010 · Apple Inc
How Phones Sense Your Finger Hovering Without Touching the Screen
US 7957762 · 2011 · Apple Inc
How Your Phone Knows When It's Against Your Ear
US 8278036 · 2012 · University of Pennsylvania Penn
How Modified RNA Tricks Cells Into Making Proteins Without Triggering Attacks
US RE47218 · 2019 · Masimo Corp
How Medical Monitors Adapt Oxygen Alarms to Reduce False Alerts
US 7669123 · 2010 · Facebook Inc
Displaying Friends' Activities in a Social Network Feed
US 9548050 · 2017 · Apple Inc
How a Digital Assistant Launches Apps Using Your Voice
US 8675084 · 2014 · Apple Inc
Controlling a Camera on Your Phone with a Separate Gadget
US 8990235 · 2015 · Google LLC
Google's System for Auto-Searching Text on Your Device
US 8914752 · 2014 · Snapchat Inc
How Snapchat Stories Advance with a Tap
US 9349016 · 2016 · Dell Software Inc
Preventing Sensitive Data Leaks from Company Communications
US 8887212 · 2014
Device for Receiving and Processing TV Signals from Cables and Wireless Sources
US 7812826 · 2010 · Apple Inc
How Multi-Touch Gestures Like Pinch-to-Zoom Work on Smartphones
US 9083770 · 2015 · Snapchat Inc
How Apps Automatically Switch Between Video Call Connection Methods
US 8606792 · 2013 · Google LLC
How Google's Patent Scores Authors and Posts on Messaging Systems
US 8046721 · 2011 · Apple Inc
How the iPhone's Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Works
US 8171128 · 2012 · Facebook Inc
How Facebook's News Feed Picks Stories You'll Like
US 7844915 · 2010 · Apple Inc
How Touchscreens Handle Scrolling and Rubber-Band Effects
US 7930393 · 2011 · Amazon Technologies Inc
How Amazon Optimizes Website Loading Speeds by Managing Domain Requests
US 8423408 · 2013 · Sprint Communications Co LP
How Phones Store and Rotate Ads Locally by Breaking Rules
US D670286 · 2012 · Apple Inc
The Design of the Original Apple iPhone
US 9280591 · 2016 · Amazon Technologies Inc
How Databases Keep Read-Only Copies Up-to-Date
US 8285656 · 2012 · Consumerinfo com Inc
How a Smart System Verifies and Updates Customer Data
US 7812828 · 2010 · Apple Inc
How Touchscreens Use Math to Recognize Your Fingers
US 10102356 · 2018 · EMC IP Holding Co LLC
Securing Data Storage Commands with Passcodes
US 8214768 · 2012 · Apple Inc
How the iPhone Switches and Adds Mobile Web Browser Tabs
US 9332078 · 2016 · Amazon Technologies Inc
How Amazon Delivers Content Faster Using Local Servers
US 8311950 · 2012 · Google LLC
Predicting User Interests Based on Who Looks at Whose Profile
US 8291344 · 2012 · Apple Inc
How Mobile Devices Switch Between Open Apps Using Gestures
US 9544394 · 2017 · Amazon Technologies Inc
How CDNs Use Client-Side Code to Speed Up Web Downloads
US 8914392 · 2014 · Facebook Inc
How Facebook Ranks Search Results Based on Your Friends' Activity
US 9328156 · 2016 · University of Pennsylvania Penn
How Genetically Modified T-Cells Attack Cancer
US 10133995 · 2018 · Square Inc
Square's System for Predicting Orders and Guiding Couriers
US 8429565 · 2013 · Google LLC