This is four more than the week before. Patents included a fragrance bottle.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 15 belonged to Natals, Inc. who filed in Sept. 28, 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 Los Angeles in the week ending Aug. 15
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| A&P Company, Inc. | 04/15/2019 | 08/10/2021 |
| Antoni Ribas | 03/12/2021 | 08/10/2021 |
| Bytedance, Inc. | 01/21/2021 | 08/10/2021 |
| Bytedance, Inc. | 08/14/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
| Bytedance, Inc. | 08/28/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
| Bytedance, Inc. | 09/11/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
| Cloudsight, Inc. | 12/12/2018 | 08/10/2021 |
| Configurable Controls, LLC | 02/21/2018 | 08/10/2021 |
| Cristina Puig Saus | 03/12/2021 | 08/10/2021 |
| Divergent Technologies, Inc. | 12/22/2017 | 08/10/2021 |
| Hideko, Inc. | 12/04/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
| Icebox, Inc. | 03/24/2020 | 08/10/2021 |
| Jan William Duncan | 09/27/2019 | 08/10/2021 |
| Natals, Inc. | 09/28/2017 | 08/10/2021 |
| Rehrig Pacific Company | 03/17/2021 | 08/10/2021 |
| Rehrig Pacific Company | 10/24/2019 | 08/10/2021 |
| SonicSensory, Inc. | 11/04/2019 | 08/10/2021 |
| University of Southern California | 09/10/2018 | 08/10/2021 |
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