U.S. Patent No. 10,109,003 B1 (‘003), issued on October 23, 2018, for “Method, Medium, and System for Enhancing Privacy.” The inventors are Jon Jenkins of San Francisco, and Catherine Cissy Lee of Mountain View, California. The applicant and assignee is Pinterest, Inc., of San Francisco, California, the image and pictorial social media company. The title …
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TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,227,611 B2
Today is DNA Day, and to honor the occasion, we present a newly issued patent utilizing deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. U.S. Patent No. 10,227,611 B2 (‘611) issued on March 12, 2019, for “Methods and Compositions for RNA-Directed Target DNA Modification and for RNA-Directed Modulation of Transcription.” It was issued to inventors Jennifer A. Doudna and …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,098,867 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,098,867 B2 (‘867) issued on October 16, 2018, for “Use of Phytocannabinoids in the Treatment of Ovarian Carcinoma.” It was issued to applicant GW Research Ltd. of Cambridge, Great Britain, the research division of the cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical company GW Pharmaceuticals, plc. The inventors are Farideh Afshin Javid of Huddersfield, Great Britain, Marnie …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,152,892 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,152,892 B2 (‘892), issued on December 11, 2018, for “Autonomous Vehicle Notification System.” The inventors are Taggart Matthiesen of Kentfield, California, Jisi Guo of San Francisco, California, Sebastian Rolf Johan Brannstrom of San Francisco, California, and Jess Garms of San Francisco, California. The applicant and assignee is Lyft, Inc. of San Francisco, …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,137,161 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,137,161 B2 (‘161) issued on November 27, 2018, for “Medical Cannabis Lozenges and Compositions Thereof.” It was issued to applicant/inventor Jeffrey A. Kolsky of San Francisco, California. Kolsky is the owner of JollyMeds, which makes cannabis-infused edibles. The ‘161 claims are directed to a composition in the form of a lozenge, consisting …
Fed Circuit Watch: District Courts Still Have Problems with Cray Rule
On February 5, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a petition for writ of mandamus, with a combined petition for rehearing and/or rehearing en banc, in In re Google LLC, the writ of mandate review stems from a patent infringement suit filed by SEVEN Networks, LLC, a mobile data analytics company, …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,117,891 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,117,891 B2 (‘891) issued on November 6, 2018, for “Cannabinoid Composition for Treating Pain.” It was issued to inventors Ramachandra Mukunda of Potomac, Maryland, and Ranga Chelva Krishna of Englewood, New Jersey. The applicant/assignee is India Globalization Capital, Inc., a consolidated multi-industry company with a business division focused on cannabis pharmaceutical research. …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,096,319 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,096,319 B1 (‘319), issued on October 9, 2018, for “Voice-Based Determination of Physical and Emotional Characteristics of Users.” The inventors are Huafeng Jin of Sammamish, Washington and Shuo Wang of Bellevue, Washington. The applicant and assignee is Amazon Technologies, Inc. of Seattle, Washington, the giant e-commerce company which has transformed how people …
PlantIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,149,453 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,149,453 B2 (‘453) issued on December 11, 2018, for “New Guinea Impatiens Variety SAKIMP042.” It was issued to inventors Chihiro Sato and Shinji Minemura, both of Nagano, Japan. The assignee is Sakata Seed Corporation, of Yokohama, Japan, one of the world’s largest vegetable and ornamental seed companies. The one interesting aspect is …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,158,948 B2: GDC Edition
The Game Developers Conference will be held in San Francisco from March 18-22, 2019. To commemorate the GDC, we will highlight two gaming patents during the conference. U.S. Patent No. 10,158,948 B2 (‘948), issued on December 18, 2018, for “Gaming Headset with Voice Scrambling for Private In-Game Conversations.” The inventor is Richard Kulavik of San …