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There were 28 patents granted in Sunnyvale in the week ending Aug. 22, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

This is unchanged from the week before. Patents included a battery thermal management system with passive battery pack cooling.

The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 22 belonged to Thomas West, Inc. who filed in April 1, 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 Sunnyvale in the week ending Aug. 22

Applicant Name	Filing Date	Granted Date
Baidu USA, LLC	08/30/2019	08/17/2021
Blockchain ASICs, Inc.	07/16/2019	08/17/2021
Bloom Energy Corporation	01/02/2019	08/17/2021
Blue River Technology, Inc.	05/09/2018	08/17/2021
Clover Network, Inc.	06/02/2020	08/17/2021
Dionex Corporation	12/05/2013	08/17/2021
GSI Technology, Inc.	12/26/2019	08/17/2021
Illumio, Inc.	10/01/2018	08/17/2021
Infinera Corporation	07/12/2019	08/17/2021
Infinera Corporation	09/20/2019	08/17/2021
Infinera Corporation	08/03/2020	08/17/2021
Infinera Corporation	09/22/2019	08/17/2021
Intertrust Technologies Corporation	07/09/2019	08/17/2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.	05/30/2019	08/17/2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.	07/06/2018	08/17/2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.	05/22/2020	08/17/2021
Juniper Networks, Inc.	03/27/2019	08/17/2021
Juniper Networks, Inc.	04/26/2019	08/17/2021
Juniper Networks, Inc.	03/22/2018	08/17/2021
Matterport, Inc.	09/25/2018	08/17/2021
Matterport, Inc.	03/10/2020	08/17/2021
Ooma, Inc.	08/27/2019	08/17/2021
PQ Bypass, Inc.	03/19/2019	08/17/2021
Proofpoint, Inc.	07/12/2017	08/17/2021
Thomas West, Inc.	04/01/2013	08/17/2021
Troy A. Carter	08/29/2018	08/17/2021
Xiaoming Chen	02/18/2021	08/17/2021
YugaByte, Inc.	04/30/2019	08/17/2021