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United States · group structure from the OneTwelve entity map

Thirty years of Apple patent ownership, fully traced.

OneTwelve’s Multi-Factor Intelligence Tools untangle decades of assignments, mergers, spin-offs and renames into one crystal-clear picture — and every step links back to the recorded USPTO document behind it.

44,414
plus 55,670 pending applications
U.S. patents held today by the Apple group
43,878
almost all are held in Apple Inc.’s own name
In Apple’s own name
11,359
all recorded assignments
Patents & applications acquired from outside the group
233
all recorded assignments
Patents & applications transferred out of the group

Recorded USPTO assignments since 1990. 47,115 inventor-to-employer assignments are counted separately and not shown as moves.

2026ACQUIREDWITHIN GROUPTRANSFERRED1995200020052010201520202025IntelAppleRockstar BidcoApple ComputerZozo ManagementObject Technology
AS OF 2026
33
Moves
9,408
In
40
Out
3,348
In group

Drag across the chart to zoom into any period · click a move for its recorded evidence · ← → to step through moves

Where the patents went

Band width = patents in the recorded move. Press play to scan through the years. Click a band.

The biggest recorded moves · 10 of 33

ACQUIREDTRANSFERRED OUTWITHIN THE APPLE GROUPNo acquisitions recorded in these yearsNo transfers out in these yearsIntel4,634 patents · 2019Rockstar Bidco1,240 patents · 2012Zenith Investments321 patents · 2013Zozo Management304 patents · 2015Anobit Technologies289 patents · 2012Freescale Semiconductor254 patents · 2011Stacked Energy40 patents · 2024Apple (rename)2,344 patents · 2007Apple Computer (rename)720 patents · 2007Apple185 patents · 2014ApplegroupAS OF2026
Acquired

2019-12-26 → 2026-01-14

4,634 patents acquired from Intel Corporation

318 recorded documents

The path, as recorded

  1. 1Intel Corporation4,634 patents · 2019
  2. 2Apple Inc.Apple group

Recorded assignments · USPTO reel/frame

  • 52414/12020-02-14
    ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST1,143 patents
  • 52916/3082020-03-20
    ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST615 patents
  • 53518/5862020-08-17
    ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST225 patents

Patents moved per year · click a year to zoom

Bar height on a square-root scale. Exact recorded totals per year, all assignments (not only the moves shown).

Where this comes from

OneTwelve ownership graph, as of 2026-09-28. Recorded USPTO assignments (ownership transfers, mergers and name changes; security interests, releases and inventor assignments excluded). Patent counts sum the properties on the recorded documents. Group membership per the OneTwelve entity map; joined-the-group dates come from corporate registry records and reviewed disclosures. Moves of 40+ patents are shown; inventor-to-employer assignments are excluded. Recorded assignments show where patents moved; on their own they do not prove the business reason for a move. Story captions are generated from the recorded moves.

Apple patent ownership history: the recorded moves

Between 2007 and 2026, recorded USPTO assignments show the Apple group acquiring 11,359 patents and applications from outside the group and transferring 233 out of it. 33 moves of 40 or more patents are traced here, each tied to the recorded document behind it. Today the group holds 44,414 U.S. patents and 55,670 pending applications.

Largest transfers out: Stacked Energy, Inc (40 patents, 2024).

Largest acquisitions: Intel Corporation (4,634 patents, 2019); Rockstar Bidco, Lp (1,240 patents, 2012); Zenith Investments LLC (321 patents, 2013).

All 33 recorded moves, by year

2026

  • 97 patents acquired from Q Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 75504/286, recorded 2026-05-03

2025

  • 148 patents acquired from Styra, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 72522/568, recorded 2025-08-19

2024

  • 40 patents transferred to Stacked Energy, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 69543/126, recorded 2024-12-10

2021

  • 51 patents acquired from Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation Of America · USPTO reel/frame 55814/967, recorded 2021-04-02

2020

  • 43 patents acquired from Shazam Investments Limited · USPTO reel/frame 53689/704, recorded 2020-09-03

2019

  • 4,634 patents acquired from Intel Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 52414/1, recorded 2020-02-14

2018

  • 73 patents acquired from Powerbyproxi · USPTO reel/frame 45261/48, recorded 2018-02-06

2016

  • 144 patents acquired from Luxvue Technology Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 38521/255, recorded 2016-04-25
  • 81 patents acquired from Metaio GmbH · USPTO reel/frame 40821/462, recorded 2016-12-06

2015

  • 304 patents acquired from Zozo Management, LLC · USPTO reel/frame 34732/19, recorded 2015-01-07
  • 82 patents acquired from Beats Electronics, LLC · USPTO reel/frame 34877/579, recorded 2015-02-03
  • 56 patents acquired from Topsy Labs, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 35333/135, recorded 2015-03-27

2014

  • 95 patents acquired from Guzmán, Aurelio · USPTO reel/frame 32102/450, recorded 2014-01-31
  • 185 patents moved to Apple Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 32944/878, recorded 2014-05-22
  • 240 patents acquired from Primesense Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 34293/92, recorded 2014-11-19

2013

  • 237 patents acquired from Eastman Kodak Company · USPTO reel/frame 29939/508, recorded 2013-03-08
  • 321 patents acquired from Zenith Investments LLC · USPTO reel/frame 30163/471, recorded 2013-04-05
  • 50 patents acquired from Privaris Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 30726/268, recorded 2013-07-02
  • 115 patents acquired from Zörkendörfer, Rico · USPTO reel/frame 31642/612, recorded 2013-11-20

2012

  • 289 patents acquired from Anobit Technologies Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 28354/325, recorded 2012-06-11
  • 1,240 patents acquired from Rockstar Bidco, Lp · USPTO reel/frame 28538/182, recorded 2012-07-12
  • 197 patents acquired from Cptn Holdings LLC · USPTO reel/frame 28856/230, recorded 2012-08-27
  • 91 patents acquired from Glassimetal Technology, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 28978/283, recorded 2012-09-18

2011

  • 254 patents acquired from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 26304/200, recorded 2011-05-18
  • 84 patents acquired from Cvon Innovations Limited · USPTO reel/frame 26468/166, recorded 2011-06-21
  • 54 patents moved to Authentec, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 26944/942, recorded 2011-09-21
  • 62 patents acquired from Colwood Technology, LLC · USPTO reel/frame 27038/958, recorded 2011-10-10

2010

  • 240 patents acquired from Object Technology Licensing Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 23810/315, recorded 2010-01-19
  • 102 patents acquired from Intrinsity, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 24380/329, recorded 2010-05-13

2009

  • 78 patents acquired from Pa Semi, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 22793/565, recorded 2009-06-09

2007

  • 2,344 patents re-recorded as Apple Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 19000/383, recorded 2007-03-13
  • 720 patents re-recorded as Apple Computer, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 19214/106, recorded 2007-04-24
  • 45 patents re-recorded as Apple Computer, Inc., A Corp. Of California · USPTO reel/frame 19304/585, recorded 2007-05-14