This is unchanged from the week before. Patents included a reset of prize amounts to semi-random values.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 8 belonged to Mindports AI, Inc. who filed in Sept. 14, 2017.
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 Las Vegas in the week ending Aug. 8
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| AGS, LLC | 05/23/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Bally Gaming, Inc. | 10/03/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| ConvaTec Technologies, Inc. | 08/28/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| ConvaTec Technologies, Inc. | 04/16/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| eConnect, Inc. | 04/29/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| IGT | 07/18/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| IGT | 12/11/2018 | 08/03/2021 |
| Konami Gaming, Inc. | 01/06/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| LedgerDomain, Inc. | 10/05/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Michael Cook | 03/09/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
| Mindports AI, Inc. | 09/14/2017 | 08/03/2021 |
| Robert Nawrocki | 11/12/2019 | 08/03/2021 |
| Uplift Solar Corporation | 11/20/2020 | 08/03/2021 |
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