This is 10 more than the week before. Patents included a visual feedback of process state.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 22 belonged to Cindy Chung who filed in Dec. 8, 2009.
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 Palo Alto in the week ending Aug. 22
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| A9.com, Inc. | 01/27/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Abhiram Gujjewar | 06/27/2013 | 08/17/2021 |
| Amaitus, Inc. | 02/11/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Aromyx Corporation | 02/23/2017 | 08/17/2021 |
| Atila Biosystems Incorporated | 04/22/2016 | 08/17/2021 |
| Cindy Chung | 12/08/2009 | 08/17/2021 |
| Danisco US, Inc. | 10/30/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| David Kung | 06/27/2013 | 08/17/2021 |
| Dexterity, Inc. | 11/06/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Frank Le | 06/27/2013 | 08/17/2021 |
| Hemant Puranik | 06/27/2013 | 08/17/2021 |
| Hiren Kotadia | 06/27/2013 | 08/17/2021 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 04/07/2021 | 08/17/2021 |
| Kitty Hawk Corporation | 06/15/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Min He | 06/27/2013 | 08/17/2021 |
| Nicira, Inc. | 12/04/2017 | 08/17/2021 |
| Nicira, Inc. | 11/15/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Nicira, Inc. | 12/10/2015 | 08/17/2021 |
| Nicira, Inc. | 05/15/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Nicira, Inc. | 05/03/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Nicira, Inc. | 06/20/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Palantir Technologies, Inc. | 09/17/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Palantir Technologies, Inc. | 08/14/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Palantir Technologies, Inc. | 12/05/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| Palantir Technologies, Inc. | 12/13/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated | 07/06/2016 | 08/17/2021 |
| Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated | 12/28/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| Raman K. Rao | 10/07/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Rekha K. Rao | 10/07/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Sunil K. Rao | 10/07/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Tencent America, LLC | 07/26/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Tencent America, LLC | 08/06/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Tencent America, LLC | 07/15/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 11/15/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| TIBCO Software, Inc. | 09/25/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| Varian Medical Systems | 03/08/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 04/10/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 12/18/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 08/12/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 09/19/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 10/22/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 07/27/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 09/17/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 05/27/2016 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 07/09/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 10/03/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 12/07/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 06/05/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 04/24/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 09/27/2017 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 09/25/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 12/04/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 08/27/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 06/13/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 06/05/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 10/02/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| VMware, Inc. | 11/14/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Wavefront, Inc. | 08/29/2017 | 08/17/2021 |
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