Angela Marie Leron

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Top Technology Trends for 2025

Our Top Technology Trends for 2025 explores the emerging developments in secure digital infrastructure, sustainable materials, and precision-driven advancements. We highlight breakthroughs in quantum computing,…
December 3, 2024
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Understanding Standard Essential Patents

Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) represent a unique category of patents ensuring the interoperability of modern technologies, particularly in industries like electronics, telecommunications, and more recently, Internet of…
March 19, 2024

What is a patent invalidity search?

The validity of a patent determines whether it can truly be enforced. A valid patent gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from…
February 28, 2024
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Diabetes, cancer still top areas for innovation: U.S. pharmaceuticals patent landscape report

Our analysis of the U.S. pharmaceutical patent landscape in 2023 reveals that diseases like diabetes, respiratory conditions, and cancer remain at the forefront innovation. These…
February 6, 2024
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List of 2023 US Unicorns and their patents

Only 22% of 2023 US unicorns have patents. Which companies are actively pursuing patent protection?
December 1, 2023
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IBM patents tech that determines blood sugar levels from meal images

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…
June 23, 2021
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2020 Inventions for the Holidays

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…
December 18, 2020
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Bitcoin Patent Holder’s Move Stresses Industry’s Potential IP Risks

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…
November 25, 2020
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Face mask innovation in the US

As the number of confirmed cases continue to rise globally – the US alone having 928,619 cases as of April 25 – the demand for…
April 29, 2020
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Drones in Healthcare

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…
April 8, 2020
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CureVac, Pfizer, Gilead, et al: Who will lead the COVID-19 vaccine race?

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…
April 2, 2020
Bar chart showing Samsung as the top patent assignee, with IBM and Microsoft close behind and weekly artificial intelligence patent trends for Ford, Toyota, and Panasonic to the right. Date range: March 13-19, 2019.

Apple’s location-based reminders, and Xiaomi’s new patent on temperature-triggered wake up screens

Samsung and IBM go neck and neck in terms of the number of patents granted from March 13–19.
April 1, 2019
Bar chart showing US leading in patent assignee countries, driven by advancements in AI and artificial intelligence; separate chart ranks Canon highest among top Japanese assignees, followed by Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic, and Epson.

Japan, Korea, and Germany remain as top patent recipients in the US— what are they patenting?

We also looked at the top patents granted in the past week feb 13 - 19 2019.
March 1, 2019
Bar chart showing Samsung as the top assignee with most patents granted, followed by IBM and Intel; line graphs display weekly patent trends for Amazon, Apple, and Intel in the field of artificial intelligence.

Last week on patents: New VR patent by Oculus, and Samsung’s patent on holographic technology

Samsung continues to lead in patent grants from the USPTO from November 28- December 4.
December 13, 2018
Bar chart showing number of patents granted from Nov 7–13: Samsung leads, followed by IBM—known for its artificial intelligence innovations—then Intel, Canon, LG, Amazon, Apple, Toyota, and Panasonic. Weekly trend graphs shown at right.

Parola Top Patents: New patents on surgical robots, cloud networks and cloud-based services

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.…
November 28, 2018
Bar charts showing IBM as the top patent assignee and Technology—driven by advancements in artificial intelligence—as the leading sector for patents granted from October 10 to October 16, according to Parola Analytics.

Weekly Patent Insights: Steady lead from IBM and Samsung; Philips secures new patent on cancer treatment

IBM and Samsung continually secure their positions at first and second spots, respectively. See previous week here. Ford, Intel, and Amazon complete the top 5…
October 24, 2018
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Making the Paper-to-Digital Shift: Improving Healthcare with EHRs

The United States spends more than any other country on healthcare per person. In 2015, it spent $3.2 trillion in healthcare. By 2025, it will…
May 23, 2017

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