Intel has been a key patent acquisition source for Apple in the past few years. The trend continued in 2020 as well. Apple acquired ~4600 patents in 2020 out of which 3650 were acquired from Intel alone.
The technology centers/pockets which were targeted by Apple for patent acquisitions from Intel range from Computer Architecture to Telecommunications to Selective Visual Displays. The top technology centers of transferred patents are as follows:
| Technology Center | No. of patents bought |
| Computer Architecture and Computer memory | 70 |
| Inter-process Communication & Software Development | 44 |
| Multiplex; VoIP | 1100 |
| Cryptography, Security | 106 |
| Computer Networks | 135 |
| Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory | 140 |
| Selective Visual Display Systems | 107 |
| Digital Communications | 119 |
| Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Equipment Details | 213 |
| Videophones & Telephonic Communications | 23 |
| Digital Cameras | 17 |
| Telemetry & Code Generation | 39 |
| Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems and License & Review | 20 |