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William J. Thimbleby
Also filed as: THIMBLEBY WILLIAM J · THIMBLEBY WILLIAM JOHN
26 granted patents·6 pending applications·190 citations·filing 2010–2024
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32 records- 0196US8539385B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for precise positioning of objectsCAPELA JAY CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 17, 2013·37 cites·32 claims
- 0295US10254939B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aidAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 9, 2019·16 cites·19 claims
- 0395US8612884B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for resizing objectsCAPELA JAY CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 17, 2013·32 cites·12 claims
- 0494US8972879B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for reordering the front-to-back positions of objectsMIGOS CHARLES J·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 3, 2015·31 cites·36 claims
- 0592US9098182B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for copying user interface objects between content regionsMIGOS CHARLES J·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 4, 2015·18 cites·25 claims
- 0691US10346510B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing handwriting support in document editingAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 9, 2019·7 cites·46 claims
- 0791US8677268B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for resizing objectsCAPELA JAY CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 18, 2014·15 cites·27 claims
- 0891US8539386B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for selecting and moving objectsCAPELA JAY CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 17, 2013·18 cites·15 claims
- 0982US10489033B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aidAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 26, 2019·3 cites·30 claims
- 1076US8593488B1Shape distortionTHIMBLEBY WILLIAM JOHN·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 26, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 1175US9886230B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for collaborative editing in documentsAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 6, 2018·2 cites·27 claims
- 1270US12056339B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aidAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 6, 2024·0 cites·23 claims
- 1369US11380028B2Electronic drawing with handwriting recognitionAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 5, 2022·1 cites·24 claims
- 1467US11481538B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing handwriting support in document editingAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 25, 2022·0 cites·18 claims
- 1565US10089056B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for collaborative editing in documentsAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 2, 2018·1 cites·28 claims
- 1661US2019303423A1Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Handwriting Support in Document EditingAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 1760US9396581B2Contact shadows in visual representationsAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 19, 2016·2 cites·25 claims
- 1857US10388055B2Rendering animated user input strokesAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 20, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 1956US10650565B2Rendering animated user input strokesAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 12, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 2055US11275517B2Reducing metadata for data structuresAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 15, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 2154USD1098165SDisplay screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interfaceAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Granted Oct 14, 2025·1 cites·1 claims
- 2253US10795558B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aidAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 6, 2020·0 cites·27 claims
- 2353US2023393717A1User interfaces for displaying handwritten content on an electronic deviceAPPLE INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2450US12468682B2Conflict-free graphs of distributed data structuresAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 11, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2547US10895954B2Providing a graphical canvas for handwritten inputAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 19, 2021·0 cites·21 claims
- 2646US2015113453A1Methods and devices for simplified graphical object editingAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2746US2022392123A1Image composition with multiple blend modesAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2845US11270486B2Electronic drawing with handwriting recognitionAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 8, 2022·0 cites·16 claims
- 2943US10523663B2Shared password protection within applicationsAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 31, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3041US2012026100A1Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Aligning and Distributing ObjectsMIGOS CHARLES J·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 3138US10739911B2Unified drawing frameworkAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 11, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3235US2015113396A1Curved shadows in visual representationsAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
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