This is 10 less than the week before. Patents included an idea scoring for creativity tool selection.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 8 belonged to Facebook Technologies, LLC who filed in Jan. 5, 2018.
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 Menlo Park in the week ending Aug. 8
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bright Marbles, Inc. | 08/26/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 08/28/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 09/24/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 01/28/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 10/03/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 01/05/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 06/03/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 05/29/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook Technologies, LLC | 02/28/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 08/01/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 03/18/2021 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 01/25/2021 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 01/25/2021 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 09/03/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 12/10/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 07/31/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 03/25/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 06/24/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 05/16/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| SRI International | 12/21/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| Tearoptix, Inc. | 01/30/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
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