IBM was recently granted a patent for estimating blood-sugar levels using images of meals. Aside from just simply identifying the food, deep learning was used to analyze the meal image, time-period, and user’s previous blood-sugar levels to provide future blood-sugar levels.
We looked into pending patent applications filed at the USPTO in 2020 and here are some of the inventions that may be just be built for the holiday season
BOTS Inc., a Puerto Rico-based blockchain and robotics firm, stated in November 2020 that it is in discussions with “a major law firm” to enforce their newly-acquired Bitcoin ATM patent against Bitcoin ATM operators in order to collect royalty payments. The company expects revenues of $14 million to $18 million annually in connection to patent enforcement.
As the number of confirmed cases continue to rise globally – the US alone having 928,619 cases as of April 25 – the demand for medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) has also risen dramatically.
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide and the number of affected individuals continues to grow, the race is on to find a cure for the novel coronavirus. COVID-19 is a strain from the coronavirus family that causes illness from as mild as the common cold to more severe cases such as pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure, and to the most extreme case, death.
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide and the number of affected individuals continues to grow, the race is on to find a cure for the novel coronavirus. COVID-19 is a strain from the coronavirus family that causes illness from as mild as the common cold to more severe cases such as pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure, and to the most extreme case, death.
Samsung and IBM go neck and neck in terms of the number of patents granted from March 13–19.
We also looked at the top patents granted in the past week feb 13 – 19 2019.
Samsung continues to lead in patent grants from the USPTO from November 28- December 4.
Here are the highlights on granted patents last week, November 7- 13: In terms of non-US assignee countries, Japan still leads with 820 granted patents. United Tech enters the Top 10 assignees with the most patents granted.
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