Centurion Patentors as of August 26, 2025
Welcome to August 26, 2025. This week, we aim to celebrate the centurion patentors who have reached noteworthy milestones in their fields.

Richard P Howarth
Vice President, Design at Apple.

Patent №: D1090535 – Front cover for head-mounted display.

Patent №: D1090531 – Band.

Patent №: D1090526 – Electronic device.

Eugene Antony Whang
Industrial Designer.

Patent №: D1090535 – Front cover for head-mounted display.

Patent №: D1090526 – Electronic device.

Shan Liu
Distinguished Scientist and General Manager.
Patent №: 12401828 – General constraints information for transform skip.

The disclosure relates to video data processing, where processing circuitry uses syntax elements in a bitstream to control coding tools for residual coding.

Seungmin Lee
Principal researcher at LG Electronics.
Patent №: 12402317 – Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate with peripheral circuits, a plate pattern with a gap, and a stack structure of gate electrodes, conductive layers, and insulating layers. A vertical memory structure passes through the stack, with source contact plugs linking conductive layers to the plate pattern.

Yi Huang
Principal engineer at Qualcomm.
Patent №: 12401482 – User equipment feedback on number of repetitions needed for decoding.

In wireless communication, a user equipment (UE) that fails to decode a transport block (TB) may send a negative acknowledgement (NACK) message indicating the number of repetitions for retransmission.