Patents by Inventor Patrick Lee Coffman

Patrick Lee Coffman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12547860
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a media capture user interface that includes a media capture preview of objects in a field of view of the camera. While displaying the media capture user interface, the electronic device scans the field of view of the camera for data encoded in an optical machine-readable format. In accordance with a determination that the field of view of the camera includes data encoded in the optical machine-readable format that meets respective notification criteria, the electronic device displays a notification that indicates that the camera application has detected data encoded in the optical machine-readable format. In accordance with a determination that the field of view of the camera does not include data encoded in the optical machine-readable format that meets the respective notification criteria, the electronic device maintains display of the media capture user interface of the camera application without displaying the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Behkish Johnnie Manzari, Ada Chan, Yongjun Zhang, Patrick Lee Coffman, Charles Ying, Steven Jon Falkenburg
  • Publication number: 20250298576
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for detecting a wearing status of a wearable device, such as a wireless ear bud, eyeglasses, a watch, etc., where the wearing status indicates whether a user is wearing the wearable device, and sending wearing status data to a companion communication device to control a behavior of the companion communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Robert D. WATSON, David John SHAW, Arun Dhyaneshwar CHAWAN, Matthew GILLETTE, Ganesha Adkasthala GANAPATHI BATTA, Jeffrey Chandler MOORE, Patrick Ian BERNHARD, Baek San CHANG, Patrick Lee COFFMAN, Jonathan Anderson BENNETT, Anthony GUETTA, Jahan Christian MINOO, Keith Walter RAUENBUEHLER
  • Publication number: 20250265409
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher P. FOSS, Patrick Lee COFFMAN, Jason Clay BEAVER, Toby Charles Wood PATERSON, Alastair Kenneth FETTES
  • Patent number: 12299275
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, via a display device, first content with respect to which a first plurality of editing operations have been performed. The method further includes while displaying the first content, detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first multi-finger gesture. The method further includes in response to detecting the first multi-finger gesture: in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a first direction, undoing one of the first plurality of editing operations; and in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a second direction that is different from the first direction, redoing one of the first plurality of editing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bradley W. Griffin, Hannah Morgan, Wayne Carl Westerman, Christopher D. Soli, Meredith Noelani Burkle, Sara E. Andrews, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Tiffany S. Jon, Aram D. Kudurshian
  • Patent number: D1073691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Christopher P. Foss
  • Patent number: D1080642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D1087131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Jee Won Choi, Patrick Lee Coffman, Neil Patrick Cormican, Alexander W. Johnston, Dennis Park, Pavan Rajam
  • Patent number: D1087155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Christopher P. Foss, Chanaka Karunamuni
  • Patent number: D1089296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jeffrey Dustin Tanner
  • Patent number: D1094400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Raymond Sepulveda, William McMillan Tyler, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D1096813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Christopher P. Foss, Andrew S. Kim, Jeffrey Dustin Tanner
  • Patent number: D1101776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Aurelio Guzmán, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D1102469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher Daryl Soli
  • Patent number: D1105098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Vitalii Kramar, Hoan K. Pham, Marcel van Os, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1109770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Patrick Lee Coffman, Alan C Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D1111015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Imran Chaudhri, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jonathan Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: D1112263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Christopher P. Foss, Bon Min, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1112288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Jae Woo Chang, Patrick Lee Coffman, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Raymond Sepulveda, Marcel Van Os, Eric Lance Wilson, Chun Kin Monor Wong
  • Patent number: D1119959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Patrick Lee Coffman, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Raymond Sepulveda, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eric Lance Wilson, Eugene Antony Whang, Chun Kin Minor Wong, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1125202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Christopher P. Foss