U.S. Patent No. 10,336,597 B2 (‘597) issued on July 2, 2019, for “Capsule-Based Alcoholic Beverage Apparatus and Components Thereof.” It was issued to inventors Ross Franklin of Rancho Cucamonga, California, Ed Rosenthal of Oakland, California, and Rachel Franklin of Rancho Cucamonga, California. The applicant is ERS Holdings, LLC of Piedmont, California, and the assignee is …
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U.S. Patent No. 10,363,772 B2 – Thanksgiving Edition
U.S. Patent No. 10,363,772 B2 (‘772), issued on July 30, 2019, for “Turkey Fan Favorite.” The inventor is Charles D. Brown of Rydal, Georgia. The ‘772 specification describes an invention which allows for displaying device of a recently-harvested turkey for photograph by the hunting party without the need to hold the turkey in place while …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,241,896 B2
The DreamForce 2019 conference will be held in San Francisco from November 19-22, 2019. To commemorate DreamForce, the blog will highlight a recently-issued Salesforce, Inc. patent. U.S. Patent No. 10,241,896 B2 (‘896), issued on March 26, 2019, for “Formation and Manipulation of Test Data in a Database System.” The inventor is Jameison Bear Martin of …
U.S. Patent No. 10,346,782 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,346,782 B2 (‘782), issued on July 9, 2019, for “Adaptive Augmented Decision Engine.” The inventor is Steven C. Tiell of San Francisco, California. The applicant and assignee is Accenture Global Solutions Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. The claims are directed to the computer-implemented method of utilizing artificial intelligence for adaptive decision-making, or reduced …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,313,638 B1: Halloween Edition
Halloween will be commemorated by a review of a creepy patent. U.S. Patent No. 10,313,638 B1 (‘638) issued on June 4, 2019, for “Image Creation Using Geo-Fence Data.” The inventors are Kalidas Yeturu of Chennai, India, and Howard Lee Huddleston, Jr., of Seattle, Washington. The applicant/assignee is Amazon Technologies, Inc., the e-commerce giant. Figure 1 …
NIST Seeking Comments on CRISPR Lexicon
On September 18, 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s Genome Editing Consortium (GEC) formally sought comments on genome editing, commonly called CRISPR, terminology in order to develop a standardized system of terms and definitions for the CRISPR research community. This is the first time the NIST has made overtures to develop a …
TechPat: Former Uber Self-Driving Leader Indicted for Trade Secrets Theft
The United States Attorney’s office in San Jose, California, recently indicted Uber Technologies, Inc.’s former autonomous driving car guru, Anthony Levandowski, with thirty-three counts of trade secrets theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§1832(a)-(d). The indictment was only released on August 27, 2019, after being unsealed by the federal district court judge presiding over the …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,360,269 B2
The Oracle OpenWorld 2019 conference will be held in San Francisco from September 16-19, 2019. To commemorate Oracle OpenWorld, the blog will highlight a recently-issued Oracle, Inc. patent. U.S. Patent No. 10,360,269 B2 (‘269), issued on July 23, 2019, for “Proxy databases.” The inventor is Thomas Baby of Auburn, Washington. The applicant and assignee is …
TechPat: Gilead Petitions for IPR on Truvada Patents
On August 23, 2019, Gilead Sciences, Inc. petitioned the PTAB for inter partes review of three patents behind its blockbuster TRUVADA® HIV-prevention drug. The patents, U.S. Patent No. 9,044,509 (‘509), 9,579,333 (‘333), and 9,937,191 (‘191) were all filed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the federal agency is still listed as …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,337,029 B2
The Regents of the University of California was recently issued a seventh patent in their portfolio of CRISPR-based research. U.S. Patent No. 10,337,029 B2 (‘029) issued on July 2, 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 Martin …