This is two more than the week before. Patents included a dropped conductor sensor.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 15 belonged to Rain Bird Corporation who filed in Nov. 14, 2016.
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 Azusa in the week ending Aug. 15
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| John McCall | 04/11/2017 | 08/10/2021 |
| Keith E. Lindsey | 04/11/2017 | 08/10/2021 |
| Rain Bird Corporation | 11/14/2016 | 08/10/2021 |
| Rain Bird Corporation | 04/24/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
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