U.S. Patent No. D835,564 S (‘564) issued on December 11, 2018, for “Wiper.” It was issued to inventors Franz Von Holzhausen of Malibu, California, David Tadashi Imai of Los Angeles, California, Randy Rodriguez of Torrance, California, and Julien Bilodeau of Los Angeles, California. The applicant/assignee is Tesla, Inc. of Palo Alto, California, the high-end electric …
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TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,109,003 B1
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,157,521 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. 10,157,521 B2 (‘521), issued on December 18, 2018, for “Identification of Side Pot Participants in Poker Game.” The inventors are Jacob Moore of Alameda, California, …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. D835,596 S: MWC Edition
Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona, Spain, on February 25-28, 2019. To commemorate the mobile industry’s largest trade show, this blog will showcase various recently issued U.S. patents related to mobile technology. U.S. Patent No. D835,596 S (‘596) issued on December 11, 2018, for “Mobile Phone.” It was issued to inventors Minsu Cho and Beyoung …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,123,538 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,123,538 B2 (‘538), issued on November 13, 2018, for “Glyphosate Salt Herbicidal Composition.” The inventors are David R. Eaton of Kirkwood, Missouri, Jeffrey A. Graham of Chesterfield, Missouri, and Henry Agbaje of Greensboro, North Carolina. The applicant and assignee is Monsanto Technology LLC of St. Louis, Missouri, the huge agro- biotech company …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,091,202 B2: CES Edition
U.S. Patent No. 10,091,202 B2 (‘202), issued on October 2, 2018, for “Text Suggestions for Images.” The inventors are Aleksandr V. Kennberg and Alexander Nicolaou, both of Waterloo, Canada. The applicant and assignee is Google LLC of Mountain View, California, the huge tech company focused around its search engine, but is part of the larger …