This is one more than the week before. Patents included a methods and graphical user interfaces for pointing and editing on computing devices with touch-sensitive displays.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending June 27 belonged to Samir Mehta who filed in January 24, 2013.
The number of approved patents in the U.S. grew steadily from roughly 225,000 in 2009 to more than 285,000 in 2019. The number of patents approved suffered a slight downturn in 2020.
Gene Quinn with IPWatchdog said the system underneath patents have become unwieldy, specifically for medical innovations.
Patents granted in Los Altos in the week ending June 27
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| David Graham Boyers | 05/03/2020 | 06/22/2021 |
| Frore Systems, Inc. | 03/29/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Plusai Corporation | 06/06/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
| Samir Mehta | 01/24/2013 | 06/22/2021 |
| Third Wave Therapeutics, Inc. | 09/22/2020 | 06/22/2021 |
| Toyota Research Institute, Inc. | 10/12/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
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