This is one less than the week before. Patents included a stand and system for assisting visual perception.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 15 belonged to Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired who filed in Feb. 13, 2019.
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 Rochester in the week ending Aug. 15
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired | 02/13/2019 | 08/10/2021 |
| Carestream Health, Inc. | 11/04/2019 | 08/10/2021 |
| Kodak Alaris, Inc. | 07/08/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
| Pictometry International Corporation | 03/02/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
| Pictometry International Corporation | 06/10/2019 | 08/10/2021 |
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