This is three less than the week before. Patents included an affine inheritance method in intra block copy mode.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 22 belonged to Nant Holdings IP, LLC who filed in Oct. 16, 2012.
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 Los Angeles in the week ending Aug. 22
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bytedance, Inc. | 02/04/2021 | 08/17/2021 |
| Bytedance, Inc. | 10/15/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Bytedance, Inc. | 09/24/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Bytedance, Inc. | 09/24/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Clipkick, Inc. | 04/12/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Debra Ansell | 08/31/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Heidi Pamela Petzold | 10/14/2017 | 08/17/2021 |
| Hillary Hayman | 07/16/2020 | 08/17/2021 |
| Leonid M. Litvak | 11/03/2015 | 08/17/2021 |
| Mundi Fomukong | 11/09/2018 | 08/17/2021 |
| Nant Holdings IP, LLC | 10/16/2012 | 08/17/2021 |
| Natalia Fedner Design | 03/17/2016 | 08/17/2021 |
| NovaSignal Corporation | 01/05/2017 | 08/17/2021 |
| OMS Investments, Inc. | 04/24/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
| Otoy, Inc. | 09/06/2019 | 08/17/2021 |
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